The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898Sanford Levinson, Bartholomew Sparrow Rowman & Littlefield, 14 Jun 2023 - 272 halaman The 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory was a watershed event for the fledgling United States. Adding some 829,000 square miles of territory, the Louisiana Purchase set a striking precedent of Presidential power and brought to the surface profound legal and constitutional questions. As the nation continued to expand westward and into the Pacific and Caribbean, critical social, political and constitutional questions arose that greatly tested American resolve and reshaped the nation's founding premises. In this exciting collection, Sanford Levinson and Bartholomew Sparrow bring together noted scholars in American history, constitutional law, and political science to examine role that the Louisiana Purchase played in shaping both the expansionist policies of the nineteenth century and critical interpretations of the Constitution. The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898 provides a fascinating overview of how the U.S. Constitution and the American political system is inextricably tied to |
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... treaties , subject only to ratification by two- thirds of the Senate after ... Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting ... Treaty with France promised to incorporate the region of Louisiana as states ...
... treaties , subject only to ratification by two- thirds of the Senate after ... Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting ... Treaty with France promised to incorporate the region of Louisiana as states ...
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... power to transform the nature of the Union . To interpret the Treaty Clause in such a sweeping fashion was the same kind of bad faith for someone who believed in the limited powers articulated in the Constitution , and not in an elastic ...
... power to transform the nature of the Union . To interpret the Treaty Clause in such a sweeping fashion was the same kind of bad faith for someone who believed in the limited powers articulated in the Constitution , and not in an elastic ...
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... power of holding foreign territory , and still less of incorporating it into the Union " is best understood as a dis- tinctly limited view of the reach of the Territories Clause . This presumably also meant that the Treaty Clause was ...
... power of holding foreign territory , and still less of incorporating it into the Union " is best understood as a dis- tinctly limited view of the reach of the Territories Clause . This presumably also meant that the Treaty Clause was ...
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... treaty with the British concerning Washington and Oregon and , perhaps more ... power , citizenship , and rights . Rivera Ramos traces the anomalous ... Clause . Given that the Territories Clause alsoe known as the " Property Clause ...
... treaty with the British concerning Washington and Oregon and , perhaps more ... power , citizenship , and rights . Rivera Ramos traces the anomalous ... Clause . Given that the Territories Clause alsoe known as the " Property Clause ...
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... treaty and the process by which inhabitants of foreign ter- ritory could be " incorporated " into the Union . The ... power to acquire the Louisiana Territory at all , this provision raised profound ques- tions of treaty interpretation ...
... treaty and the process by which inhabitants of foreign ter- ritory could be " incorporated " into the Union . The ... power to acquire the Louisiana Territory at all , this provision raised profound ques- tions of treaty interpretation ...
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