The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow Rowman & Littlefield, 14. 6. 2023 - Počet stran: 272 The 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory was a watershed event for the fledgling United States. Adding some 829,000 square miles of territory, the Louisiana Purchase set a striking precedent of Presidential power and brought to the surface profound legal and constitutional questions. As the nation continued to expand westward and into the Pacific and Caribbean, critical social, political and constitutional questions arose that greatly tested American resolve and reshaped the nation's founding premises. In this exciting collection, Sanford Levinson and Bartholomew Sparrow bring together noted scholars in American history, constitutional law, and political science to examine role that the Louisiana Purchase played in shaping both the expansionist policies of the nineteenth century and critical interpretations of the Constitution. The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898 provides a fascinating overview of how the U.S. Constitution and the American political system is inextricably tied to |
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... United States ? What exactly makes some constitutional issues — such as the propriety of Texas's admission - settled and ... U.S. Constitution speak at all to how the United States might relinquish its control over these territories ...
... United States ? What exactly makes some constitutional issues — such as the propriety of Texas's admission - settled and ... U.S. Constitution speak at all to how the United States might relinquish its control over these territories ...
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... in the often excellent ac- counts that they offer of 1803 and its aftermath . From one perspective of the Constitution , the expansion of the United States by treaty was unexceptional . ( This was the view adopted , for example , by Jef ...
... in the often excellent ac- counts that they offer of 1803 and its aftermath . From one perspective of the Constitution , the expansion of the United States by treaty was unexceptional . ( This was the view adopted , for example , by Jef ...
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... of the purchase ; he did , however , allow himself the expression of many such doubts about its constitutional validity . As someone committed to the princi- ple that the Constitution established only a “ limited government of assigned ...
... of the purchase ; he did , however , allow himself the expression of many such doubts about its constitutional validity . As someone committed to the princi- ple that the Constitution established only a “ limited government of assigned ...
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... U.S. Constitution is extremely diffi- cult to amend . A constitutional amendment requires , of course , the approval of two - thirds of each house of Congress and the ratification by the legisla- tures of three - quarters of the states ...
... U.S. Constitution is extremely diffi- cult to amend . A constitutional amendment requires , of course , the approval of two - thirds of each house of Congress and the ratification by the legisla- tures of three - quarters of the states ...
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... for the purchase ) , it also reveals the Constitution's blind spots . In fact , the Con- stitution is silent on the issues implicit with the acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase and the United States ' subsequent territorial additions ...
... for the purchase ) , it also reveals the Constitution's blind spots . In fact , the Con- stitution is silent on the issues implicit with the acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase and the United States ' subsequent territorial additions ...
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