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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... authority , as in a parent - child relationship , but once Congress admitted a territory as a state the benevolence ended : Congress lost its ple- nary authority ; the financial subsidy stopped ; and the former territory became a peer ...
... authority , as in a parent - child relationship , but once Congress admitted a territory as a state the benevolence ended : Congress lost its ple- nary authority ; the financial subsidy stopped ; and the former territory became a peer ...
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... authority over both the United States ' island territories and its " internal empire " of the 29 percent of the land that lies within the fifty states but controlled by U.S. gov- ernment agencies . Sparrow traces the common origins of ...
... authority over both the United States ' island territories and its " internal empire " of the 29 percent of the land that lies within the fifty states but controlled by U.S. gov- ernment agencies . Sparrow traces the common origins of ...
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... authorities , 5 had the constitutional power to make any of the declarations or promises in Article III of the treaty . Congress , not the president and the Senate , is specif- ically granted constitutional authority to naturalize ...
... authorities , 5 had the constitutional power to make any of the declarations or promises in Article III of the treaty . Congress , not the president and the Senate , is specif- ically granted constitutional authority to naturalize ...
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... authority to the president and the Senate . In Part II , we present our interpretation of Article III of the Louisiana Purchase treaty and apply our un- derstanding of the Constitution's treaty power to its terms . We explain how ...
... authority to the president and the Senate . In Part II , we present our interpretation of Article III of the Louisiana Purchase treaty and apply our un- derstanding of the Constitution's treaty power to its terms . We explain how ...
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... authority to the president and the Senate . Jefferson explained this position most clearly in notes from a 1793 cabinet conference in which members of the Washington administration dis- cussed the forthcoming Neutrality Proclamation ...
... authority to the president and the Senate . Jefferson explained this position most clearly in notes from a 1793 cabinet conference in which members of the Washington administration dis- cussed the forthcoming Neutrality Proclamation ...
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