The Constitution of Empire: Territorial Expansion and American Legal HistoryYale University Press, 01 հոկ, 2008 թ. - 288 էջ The Constitution of Empire offers a constitutional and historical survey of American territorial expansion from the founding era to the present day. The authors describe the Constitution’s design for territorial acquisition and governance and examine the ways in which practice over the past two hundred years has diverged from that original vision. |
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... United States — Territorial expansion . 2. United States — Politics and government - Philosophy . 3. United States — Territories and possessions — Politics and government . 4. Imperialism - History . 5. Constitutional history- United ...
... United States west of the Mississippi River.4 Americans , as the owners of a good portion of the east bank of the Mississippi River , had joint navigation rights with Spain over much of the river's length . But “ on its last two hundred ...
... United States began inquiring about a possible purchase of New Orleans ( and the Floridas as well , if France had acquired them ) . After several months of maneuvering , 11 France offered and the United States negotiators accepted the ...
... United States to acquire Louisiana . That problem raises profound questions of American constitutional law , to which we will now turn . The Constitution and Acquisitions There were moments when President Jefferson doubted the ability ...
... United States can constitutionally acquire territory through discovery . But as far as the Louisiana Purchase is ... United States . " A similar argument was advanced by Senator John Taylor , who suggested that “ [ n ] either the means ...