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Nullification and Secession in Modern Constitutional Thought /

The Missouri legislature passes a bill to flout federal gun-control laws it deems unconstitutional. Texas refuses to recognize same-sex marriages, citing the state's sovereignty. The Tenth Amendment Center promotes the "Federal Health Care Nullification Act." In these and many other s...

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Autres auteurs: Levinson, Sanford, 1941- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]
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Résumé:The Missouri legislature passes a bill to flout federal gun-control laws it deems unconstitutional. Texas refuses to recognize same-sex marriages, citing the state's sovereignty. The Tenth Amendment Center promotes the "Federal Health Care Nullification Act." In these and many other similar instances, the spirit of nullification is seeing a resurgence in an ever-more politically fragmented and decentralized America. What this means - in legal, cultural, and historical terms - is the question explored in Nullification and Secession in Modern Constitutional Thought. Bringing together a number of distinguished scholars, the book offers a variety of informed perspectives on what editor Sanford Levinson terms "neo-nullification," a category that extends from formal declarations on the invalidity of federal law to what might be called "uncooperative federalism." (Publisher).
Description matérielle:1 online resource (400 pages).
ISBN:9780700622986