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Introduction, Symposium On The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism And Judicial Review, Daniel W. Hamilton
Introduction, Symposium On The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism And Judicial Review, Daniel W. Hamilton
Daniel W. Hamilton
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Popular Constitutionalism In The Civil War: A Trial Run, Daniel W. Hamilton
Popular Constitutionalism In The Civil War: A Trial Run, Daniel W. Hamilton
Daniel W. Hamilton
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The Confederate Sequestration Act, Daniel W. Hamilton
The Confederate Sequestration Act, Daniel W. Hamilton
Daniel W. Hamilton
In the South there was near ideological consensus on the legal basis for seizing Union property during the Civil War. The United States was an enemy belligerent whose property was, at international law, subject to permanent confiscation during war. Through the resort to international law, the Confederacy was able not only to assert its sovereignty, but also to craft a far more rigorous and effective confiscation regime much quicker than their Northern counterparts. U.S. citizens were, at Confederate law, foreigners, and were not due the protections of domestic Confederate constitutional law. U.S. citizens were not traitors or rebels, and in …