The contract clause : a constitutional history /

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"This book is a history of the contract clause of the U.S. Constitution from its creation to the present day. Created in response to widespread state efforts to restructure debts after the Revolution, the clause provided that states were barred from "altering or impairing the obligation of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ely, James W., Jr., 1938- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2016.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
United States. > Constitution. > Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
Constitution (United States)
Right of property > United States.
Liberty of contract > United States.
Droit de propriété > États-Unis.
Liberté contractuelle > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > State & Provincial.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
LAW > Constitutional.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > National.
Liberty of contract.
Right of property.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Origins and Early Development; 2. The Era of John Marshall, 1801â#x80;#x93;1835; 3. The Taney Era; 4. The Eras of the Civil War and Reconstruction; 5. The Gilded Age; 6. The Early Twentieth Century; 7. The Contract Clause in the Age of Regulation; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index; Back Cover.

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