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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... exercise in interpretation. We perform that interpretative exercise by uncovering the Constitution's original meaning—which, as we shall soon explain, is not necessarily the same operation that often takes place, or is often thought to ...
... exercise in constitutional interpretation, methodology is critical. Clearly, it would require a separate book even to introduce the myriad problems of constitutional interpretation, and that is not our project here. But the reader does ...
... exercise of national power must be traceable to an explicit or implicit grant of power in the document. On this understanding, it is entirely possible for all other governments in the world to possess certain powers and prerogatives ...
... exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States ...
... exercise of some other enumerated power. In this respect, the Treaty Clause is analogous to the Sweeping Clause of Article I: the Sweeping Clause permits Congress to implement otherwise-granted national powers domestically, while the ...
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The Constitution of Empire: Territorial Expansion and American Legal History Gary Lawson,Guy Seidman No preview available - 2004 |