Originalism, federalism, and the American constitutional enterprise : a historical inquiry /

In this lively historical examination of American federalism, a leading scholar in the field refutes the widely accepted notion that the founding fathers carefully crafted a constitutional balance of power between the states and the federal government. Edward A. Purcell Jr. bases his argument on clo...

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Glavni avtor: Purcell, Edward A.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: New Haven : Yale University Press ©2007.
Online dostop:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5vkt1d
Kazalo:
  • Introduction. The inquiry.
  • American constitutional federalism as a normative problem
  • pt. I. Structural intrinsics.
  • Federalism as doubly blurred
  • Federalism as fractionated
  • Federalism as instrumental
  • Federalism as contingent
  • pt. II. Consequential dynamics.
  • Kaleidoscopic politics
  • Readjusting components
  • Contested authorities
  • Evolving understandings
  • pt. III. Conclusion.
  • The "arduous enterprise."