Barber, Sotirios A.

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.


Electronic books.

JK311 / .B36 2013

320.473/049