
The Constitution in Congress
Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861
David P. Currie(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Published on 10. May 2005
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-0-226-12900-6 (ISBN)
Description
This acclaimed series, which has been called a biography of the U.S. Constitution, continues its examination of the role that the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation. While legal scholars typically look to the courts for guidance in deciphering the Constitution, The Constitution in Congress offers an indispensable survey of the congressional history behind the development of the Constitution. This third volume in David P. Currie's series, the early installments of which dealt with the Federalist period and the Jeffersonian era, now turns to the Jacksonian revolution of 1829 and the subsequent efforts by Democrats to dismantle Henry Clay's celebrated "American System" of nationalist economics. Currie covers the political events of the period leading up to the start of the Civil War, showing how the slavery question, although seldom overtly discussed in the debates included in this volume, underlay the Southern insistence on strict interpretation of federal powers.
Like its predecessors, The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861 will be an invaluable reference for legal scholars and constitutional historians alike.
Like its predecessors, The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861 will be an invaluable reference for legal scholars and constitutional historians alike.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 180 mm
Weight
740 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-12900-6 (9780226129006)
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Person
David P. Currie is the Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. He is the author of the two previous volumes in The Constitution in Congress series and the award-winning two-volume history, the Constitution in the Supreme Court, all published by the University of Chicago Press.