The antebellum origins of the modern Constitution : slavery and the spirit of the American founding / Simon J. Gilhooley.
This book argues that conflicts over slavery and abolition in the early American Republic generated a mode of constitutional interpretation that remains powerful today: the belief that the historical spirit of founding holds authority over the current moment. Simon J. Gilhooley traces how debates ar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies on the American Constitution.
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108866125 |
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