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Union and States' Rights : a History and Interpretation of Interposition, Nullification, and Secession 150 Years After Sumter.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ashland :
University Of Akron Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | & Law.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: James Madison's Views; 1. "A Real Nondescript:" James Madison's Thoughts on States' Rights and Federalism; 2. James Madison and the Constitution's "Convention for Proposing Amendments"; Part II: Antebellum Arguments; 3. States' Rights, Southern Hypocrisy, and the Crisis of the Union; 4. Still Too Close to Call?: Rethinking Stampp's "The Concept of a Perpetual Union"; 5. Secession and Breach of Compact: The Law of Nature Meets the U.S. Constitution.
- 6. William Rawle and Secession: Legal Rights and Political WrongsPart III: Impact of the 14th Amendment; 7. The 14th Amendment and the Unconstitutionality of Secession; Part IV: Contemporary Views of Interposition, Nullification, and Secession; 8. Interposition: An Overlooked Tool of American Constitutionalism; 9. Originalism's Limits: Interposition, Nullification, and Secession; Part V: Critical Views of Federalism, States' Rights, and Memories of Secession; 10. Union and States' Rights 150 Years After Sumter: Some Reflections on a Tangled Political and Constitutional Conundrum.