Prohibited government acts : a reference guide to the United States Constitution / Jack Stark ; foreword by Tom Barrett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stark, Jack, 1939-

Series:

Reference guides to the United States Constitution 1539-8986 ; no. 2.

Reference guides to the United States Constitution, 1539-8986 ; no. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

United States.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Finance, Public--Law and legislation--United States.

Finance, Public.

Finance, Public--Law and legislation.

Rule of law--United States.

Rule of law.

Political questions and judicial power--United States.

Political questions and judicial power.

Physical Description:

xvi, 173 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Contents:

Part I A History of Prohibited Government Acts 1

English Common Law 3

The Constitutional Convention 7

The Ratification Debates 13

Before the Civil War 19

The Civil War Era 21

Between the Civil War and 1950 25

The Current Era 29

Part II Prohibited Government Acts and Commentary 37

Clause 2 Suspending the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus 41

Clause 3 Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto Laws 53

Clause 5 Taxes on Exports 111

Clause 6 Preferences to Ports 123

Clause 7 No Money to Be Drawn from the Treasury but by Appropriation 131

Clause 8 Titles and Gifts Prohibited 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-166) and index.

ISBN:

0313313520

OCLC:

50285476