The Constitution of Empire: Territorial Expansion and American Legal HistoryYale University Press, 2008 M10 1 - 288 pages 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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... . The Constitution is noticeably terse when it comes to territorial acquisition and governance . There is no express clause concerning the acquisition of terri- tory . The Admissions Clause in Article IV provides that 2 Introduction.
... concerning human communication . The use of original meaning is , as Sai Prakash has termed it , a " Default Rule " " 13 that need not be expressly specified in the communicative instrument . If an instruction manual written in 1789 ...
... concerning documentary meaning . Documents that address themselves to the public have objective meanings that are capable of being grasped or missed by their au- thors , their readers , or even both . Otherwise , it would not be ...
... concerning the document's true meaning . If meaning is truly a function of measuring ( through whatever weighting formula is appropriate ) actual mental states , then that dialogue cannot possibly consist of anything other than ...
... concerning the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 , however , sought to ground the acquisition in other sources of constitutional power . It is worth- while to consider those sources as well , if only to clear the air for a detailed examination ...
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The Constitution of Empire: Territorial Expansion and American Legal History Gary Lawson,Guy Seidman No preview available - 2004 |