Christian G. Fritz (University of New Mexico School of Law)

Monitoring American Federalism

The History of State Legislative Resistance

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Produktbeschreibung

Monitoring American Federalism examines the use of interposition as a constitutional tool to monitor the federal government and organize state resistance to perceived unconstitutional federal acts. This book is a much-needed addition to the study of American constitutional law and legal history.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Legal History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 144mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9781009325578
• ISBN-10: 1009325574
• Artikelnr.: 65692399

Autorenporträt

Christian G. Fritz is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law. He is the author of American Sovereigns: The People and America's Constitutional Tradition Before the Civil War (2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The riddle of federalism and the genesis of interposition
2. Early state use of interposition: testing the powers of the new national government
3. State interposition and debates over the meaning of the Constitution
4. The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and Madison's report of 1800
5. State interposition during the Jefferson and Madison presidencies
6. State challenges to the Supreme Court's control over constitutional interpretation
7. The transformation of interposition: the theory of nullification emerges
8. State interposition and nullification on the path to secession
9. State interposition during and after the Civil War
10. Modern interposition by states and 'nullification'
Epilogue.