Daniel Webster and the unfinished Constitution /

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"Daniel Webster is known primarily as a politician and is often described as a member of the second generation of American founders, alongside Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun-a generation whose divisions and rivalries ultimately led to the fracture of the nation. But before he was a politician a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoffer, Peter Charles, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Colección:American political thought.
Temas:
Webster, Daniel, > 1782-1852.
Webster, Daniel, > 1782-1852
Constitutional law > United States.
Federal government > United States > History.
Constitutional history > United States.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
Federal government
Constitutional law
Constitutional history
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the incomplete constitution
  • A New England man
  • "Impairing the obligation of contracts" : Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)
  • "Necessary and proper" : McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
  • "Commerce among the several states" : Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
  • "True principles of the constitution" : Webster-Hayne Debate, January 19-27, 1830
  • "Secur[ing] individual property against legislative assumption" : Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837)
  • "The rule of law" : Webster the Diplomat, 1841-1843
  • "Union now and forever" : the Calhoun-Webster exchange in the Senate, March 4-7, 1850
  • Conclusion : The Constitution according to Mr. Webster.

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