The fallacies of states' rights [electronic resource] /
Sotirios A. Barber.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.
- 245 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: America's oldest constitutional debate -- Why the states can't check national power -- John Marshall and a constitution for national security and prosperity -- The implications of Marshallian federalism -- Why states' rights federalism is impossible to defend -- John C. Calhoun's false theory of the Union -- States' rights as rights only to participate in national processes -- Why Marshallians should (but may not) win the states' rights debate.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Federal government--United States. States' rights (American politics)
United States--Politics and government--Philosophy.