The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861

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University of Chicago Press, 10. 5. 2005. - 368 страница
The Constitution in Congress series has been called nothing less than a biography of the US Constitution for its in-depth examination of the role that the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation. This third volume in the series, the early installments of which dealt with the Federalist and Jeffersonian eras, continues this examination with the Jacksonian revolution of 1829 and subsequent efforts by Democrats to dismantle Henry Clay’s celebrated “American System” of nationalist economics. David P. Currie covers the political events of the period leading up to the start of the Civil War, showing how the slavery question, although seldom overtly discussed in the debates included in this volume, underlies the Southern insistence on strict interpretation of federal powers.

Like its predecessors, The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs will be an invaluable reference for legal scholars and constitutional historians alike.

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INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE
3
INTERCOURSE
9
THE PUBLIC LANDS
37
THE BANK WAR
58
CUSTOMS
88
The Kitchen Sink
121
ENUMERATED AND LIMITED POWERS
123
PRESIDENT VICEPRESIDENT
157
MORE MISCREANTS
206
JUDGING CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
229
OTHER ELECTION ISSUES
254
CONCLUSION
278
APPENDIX A DRAMATIS PERSONAE
281
APPENDIX B PRINCIPAL OFFICERS 12891861
303
APPENDIX C THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
311
INDEX
327

ALL ABOUT JUDGES
184

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David P. Currie (1936–2007) was the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. He is the author of the three other volumes in the Constitution in Congress series and the award-winning two-volume history The Constitution in the Supreme Court, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

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