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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... legislative enactment . The second purpose , then , is to put Marbury in its place , as it were . One does not have to dismiss Marbury in order to believe , as we do , that the Louisiana Purchase and not Marbury - was by far the more ...
... legislative enactment . The second purpose , then , is to put Marbury in its place , as it were . One does not have to dismiss Marbury in order to believe , as we do , that the Louisiana Purchase and not Marbury - was by far the more ...
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... legislative branches who ar- gued with one another and then concluded , for various reasons , that addition of the Louisiana territory through treaty was not barred by the Constitution . It is true that a full quarter century later John ...
... legislative branches who ar- gued with one another and then concluded , for various reasons , that addition of the Louisiana territory through treaty was not barred by the Constitution . It is true that a full quarter century later John ...
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... legislative powers to Congress in Article I , Section 8. This view is clearly reflected in the Supreme Court's landmark 1920 decision in Missouri v . Holland , 13 which held that the president and the Senate could by treaty enact ...
... legislative powers to Congress in Article I , Section 8. This view is clearly reflected in the Supreme Court's landmark 1920 decision in Missouri v . Holland , 13 which held that the president and the Senate could by treaty enact ...
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... legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives . " 18 This sentence does not grant any powers to Congress . Instead , it describes the ...
... legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives . " 18 This sentence does not grant any powers to Congress . Instead , it describes the ...
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... legislative rather than executive . But while these considerations might be enough to establish that a treaty clause located among legislative powers in Article I should not be regarded as executive , it is very hard to see how they ...
... legislative rather than executive . But while these considerations might be enough to establish that a treaty clause located among legislative powers in Article I should not be regarded as executive , it is very hard to see how they ...
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