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Full-Text Articles in Legal History
The Rise And Fall Of The "Doctrine" Of Separation Of Powers, Philip B. Kurland
The Rise And Fall Of The "Doctrine" Of Separation Of Powers, Philip B. Kurland
Michigan Law Review
As the Constitution of the United States nears its two hundredth anniversary, there is a frenzy of celebration. However awesome the accomplishment, I submit that it is no slander to recognize that the 1787 document was born of prudent compromise rather than principle, that it derived more from experience than from doctrine, and that it was received with an ambivalence in no small part attributable to its ambiguities. Indeed, its most stalwart supporters doubted its capacity for a long life. It should not be surprising, then, that even today there is disagreement over whether the Constitution of 1787 is now …
The National Park System And Development On Private Lands: Opportunities And Tools To Protect Park Resources, Michael Mantell
The National Park System And Development On Private Lands: Opportunities And Tools To Protect Park Resources, Michael Mantell
External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)
34 pages.
Contains footnotes.
The Reconstruction Amendments' Debates. Edited By Alfred Avins, Robert M. Ireland
The Reconstruction Amendments' Debates. Edited By Alfred Avins, Robert M. Ireland
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Revolutionary Constitutionalism In The Era Of The Civil War And Reconstruction , Robert J. Kaczorowski
Revolutionary Constitutionalism In The Era Of The Civil War And Reconstruction , Robert J. Kaczorowski
Faculty Scholarship
The meaning and scope of the fourteenth amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 remain among the most controversial issues in American constitutional law. Professor Kaczorowski contends that the issues have generated more controversy than they warrant, in part because scholars analyzing the legislative history of the amendment and statute have approached their task with preconceptions reflecting twentieth century legal concerns. He argues that the most important question for the framers was whether national or state governments possessed primary authority to determine and secure the status and rights of American citizens. Relying on records of the congressional debates as …