The Ideological Origins of American Federalism.

In this book, the author traces the history of American federal thought from its colonial beginnings in scattered provincial responses to British assertions of authority, to its emergence in the late eighteenth century as a normative theory of multilayered government. The core of this new federal id...

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Auteur principal: LaCroix, Alison L.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2922386
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : a well-constructed union
  • The federal idea
  • Dividing lawmaking power
  • The debates over sovereignty
  • Forging a federated union
  • The authority of a central government
  • Jurisdiction as the battlefield
  • Epilogue : federalism demystified.