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The Constitution in Congress : descent into the maelstrom, 1829-1861 / David P. Currie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Currie, David P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Law--United States--History.
- Law.
- Legislative power--United States--History.
- Legislative power.
- Executive power--United States--History.
- Executive power.
- United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
- United States.
- United States. Congress--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Edition:
- 1999th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This acclaimed series serves as a biography of the U.S. Constitution, offering an indispensable survey of the congressional history behind its development. In a rare examination of the role that both the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation, The Constitution in Congress shows how the actions and proceedings of these branches reveal perhaps even more about constitutional disputes than Supreme Court decisions of the time.The centerpiece for the fourth volume in this series is the great debate over slavery and how thi
- Contents:
- The great petition fight
- South Carolina, Arkansas, and Liberia
- O Canada!
- Around the pole
- The great Southwest
- Brushfires
- Mr. Wilmot's proviso
- Mr. Clay's compromise
- The slippery slope
- The winter of our discontent.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611223243
- OCLC:
- 476229386
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