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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... federal statutes , Marbury was the first example of the actual exercise of this power to negate a legislative enactment . The second purpose , then , is to put Marbury in its place , as it were . One does not have to dismiss Marbury in ...
... federal statutes , Marbury was the first example of the actual exercise of this power to negate a legislative enactment . The second purpose , then , is to put Marbury in its place , as it were . One does not have to dismiss Marbury in ...
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... Federal- ist , emphasized this element of homogeneity in one of his few contributions to the enterprise . Thus , wrote Jay in the second Federalist : Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country 4 Sanford Levinson and ...
... Federal- ist , emphasized this element of homogeneity in one of his few contributions to the enterprise . Thus , wrote Jay in the second Federalist : Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country 4 Sanford Levinson and ...
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... Federal- ist's argument ( especially if we include Jay within the toga worn by the mys- terious " Publius " ) and to embrace not only a far larger and more populous country , but also one that would be far less homogeneous . With the ...
... Federal- ist's argument ( especially if we include Jay within the toga worn by the mys- terious " Publius " ) and to embrace not only a far larger and more populous country , but also one that would be far less homogeneous . With the ...
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... federal government exer- cised plenary 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 ...
... federal government exer- cised plenary 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 ...
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... federal government . Given the fundamental constitutional questions prompted by the Louisiana Purchase and its impact on the political development of the United States , one might well ask why it languishes in the shadow of Marbury ...
... federal government . Given the fundamental constitutional questions prompted by the Louisiana Purchase and its impact on the political development of the United States , one might well ask why it languishes in the shadow of Marbury ...
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