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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... judicial — are also potentially interesting and probative but not decisive . Accordingly , we use historical episodes and decided cases to illustrate problems and questions , especially in Part II , but we do not consider those sources ...
... judicial action rather than a grant of any power - which is why it appears in Article I , section 9 , the portion of the original Constitution that is devoted to direct limitations on various federal actors . It makes appropria- tions ...
... judicial sentence , the judges may pass the sentence.69 That which is " proper to be executed by way of a treaty " is to make domestic law internationally binding or to secure binding commitments from foreign sovereigns . Under a ...
... judicial action . That conclusion is not as striking as it might seem at first glance , for the simple reason that presidents and courts are not in a position to threaten rights of speech , religion , or assembly in the same manner as ...
... judicial actions , though of course it does limit congressional action that seeks to “ carry into Execution " executive or judicial action . That fact may be out of step with modern sensibilities , but it is a fact nonetheless . The ...