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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| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press
©2007.
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt5vkt1d |
Mục lục:
- 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."