Union & states' rights :  a history and interpretation of interposition, nullification, and secession, 150 Years after Sumter / 
 Union and states' rights 
edited by Neil H. Cogan. 
 - First edition. 
 - 1 online resource (312 pages) 
 - & law : legal thought across disciplines .
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<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> "A real nondescript : James Madison's thoughts on states rights and federalism / Jack N. Rakove -- James Madison and the constitution's convention for proposing amendments / Robert G. Natelson -- States' rights and nullification in the north : opposition to the fugitive slave laws / Paul Finkelman -- Still too close to call? : rethinking Stamp's "The concept of a perpetual union" / Daniel W. Hamilton -- Secession and breach of compact : the law of nature meets the U.S. Constitution / Stephen C. Neff -- William Rawle and secession : legal rights and political wrongs / H. Jefferson Powell -- The fourteenth amendment and the unconstitutionality of secession / Daniel A. Farber -- Interposition : an overlooked tool of American constitutionalism / Christian G. Fritz -- Originalism's limits : interposition, nullification, and secession / Lee J. Strang -- Union and states rights 150 years after Sumter : some reflections on a tangled political and constitutional conundrum / Sanford V. Levinson -- Remembering our second revolution : sesquicentennial reflections on Civil war Historiography / Norman W. Spaulding. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781937378387 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Federal government--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Nullification (States' rights)--History--19th century.<br/>Secession--History--United States--19th century.<br/>States' rights (American politics)--History--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF4612  / .U55 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>342.73/042