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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... question that partake of politi- cal science , sociology , history , philosophy , and many other disciplines , but we concentrate in this book solely on the dimension of constitutional meaning . Has American expansion taken place ...
... questions . Does the Constitution in fact permit or accommodate territorial expansion ? If so , in what forms ? To what extent ? With what conditions or limitations ? Through which institu- tional mechanisms ? Are the provisions for ...
... questions about the ability of the United States to add territories that are not slated for statehood. Historically, this calls into question a number of nineteenth- century acquisitions, most notably the acquisition of the Philippine ...
... question what the Constitution means with the very different question whether the Constitution , given its meaning , is a sound basis for decision - making.15 We view the in- terpretation of the Constitution as an enterprise ...
... questions arose about the scope and form of , and authorization for , federal governance of that region . Those questions are also beyond our project.21 We are concerned only with the initial acquisition of territory that was not ...
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The Constitution of Empire: Territorial Expansion and American Legal History Gary Lawson,Guy Seidman No preview available - 2004 |