Union and States' Rights : 150 Years After Sumter, A Legal History of Interposition, Nullification, and Secession /

Edited by a well-versed legal scholar of constitutional law, civil rights, and civil and criminal procedures, this volume is a collection of papers on a central issue of governance in the United States; namely, what is the power of the states to object to and cancel federal law with which they disag...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cogan, Neil H. (Neil Howard), 1944- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, 2014
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
States' rights (American politics)
Secession.
Nullification (States' rights)
Federal government.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Legal History.
Secession > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Nullification > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Secession > United States > History > 19th century.
Nullification (States' rights) > History > 19th century.
States' rights (American politics) > History > 19th century.
Federal government > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "A real nondescript" : James Madison's thoughts on states' rights and federalism / Jack N. Rakove
  • James Madison and the Constitution's "convention for proposing amendments" / Robert G. Natelson
  • States' rights, southern hypocrisy, and the crisis of the union / Paul Finkelman
  • Still too close to call? : rethinking Stamp's "The concept of a perpetual union" / Daniel W. Hamilton
  • Secession and breach of compact : the law of nature meets the U.S. Constitution / Stephen C. Neff
  • William Rawle and secession : legal rights and political wrongs / H. Jefferson Powell
  • The fourteenth amendment and the unconstitutionality of secession / Daniel A. Farber
  • Interposition : an overlooked tool of American constitutionalism / Christian G. Fritz
  • Originalism's limits : interposition, nullification, and secession / Lee J. Strang
  • Union and states' rights 150 years after Sumter : some reflections on a tangled political and constitutional conundrum / Sanford V. Levinson
  • Remembering our second revolution : sesquicentennial reflections on Civil War historiography / Norman W. Spaulding.

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