Nullification and secession in modern constitutional thought / edited by Sanford Levinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levinson, Sanford, 1941- editor.

Series:

Constitutional thinking

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nullification (States' rights).

Secession--United States.

Secession.

States' rights (American politics).

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 375 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2016]

Contents:

Introduction : Zombie (or Dinosaur) constitutionalism? The revival of nullification and secession

The 21st century rediscovery of nullification and secession in American political rhetoric : frivolousness incarnate, or serious arguments to be wrestled with? / Sanford Levinson

How to maintain a constitution : the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions and James Madison's struggle with the problem of constitutional maintenance / Jonathan Gienapp

Living, dead, and undead : nullification past and present / James H. Read and Neal Allen

Marijuana, nullification, and the checks and balances model of federalism / Ernest A. Young

Almost legal : disobedience and partial nullification in American constitutional politics and law / Mark A. Graber

To kill and die for the constitution : nullification and insurrectionary violence / Jared A. Goldstein

Political facts, legal fictions / Mark R. Killenbeck

Nullification : three comparative notes / Ran Hirschl

Continuity in secession : the case of the Confederate Constitution / Alison L. LaCroix

The logic and design of a low-commitment constitution (or, how to stop worrying about the right to secede) / Zachary Elkins

Secession, transnational precedents, and constitutional silences / Vicki C. Jackson

Secession as a problem in negotiation / Mark Tushnet.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780700622979

0700622977

9780700622993

0700622993

OCLC:

947269972