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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... legislative , executive , or 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 ...
... legislative powers to one of general powers , of appropriation or otherwise , in all matters beyond state competence . Its import would not have escaped public notice . Contrast the likely informed public understanding of this " well ...
... legislative powers of Congress.49 Modern scholars debate whether treaties can override otherwise applicable constitutional limitations , such as the prohibition on federal commandeering of state governmental processes.50 Overlying these ...
... legislative powers . 59 In the wake of Holland , the relation between the treaty power and Congress's legislative powers was the subject of the attempt led by Senator John Bricker half a century ago to amend the Constitution , most ...
... legislative power are congruent reflects a fundamental misconception about the Treaty Clause that has been with us for a long time . The Treaty Clause has almost universally been understood as a grant of governmental power that stands ...