Imperium et Imperio
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Forrest McDonald's Imperium et Imperio examines the historical and constitutional debates over sovereignty in the early American republic.
The book traces how states and the federal government claimed and exercised authority, analyzing episodes of interposition, nullification, and constitutional interpretation.
McDonald places these disputes in political and legal context, showing how differing visions of union shaped American political development.
Drawing on primary sources and legal history, he illuminates the philosophical and practical roots of states-rights arguments.
The work is regarded as an important contribution to scholarship on federalism and the origins of sectional conflict in the United States.
The book traces how states and the federal government claimed and exercised authority, analyzing episodes of interposition, nullification, and constitutional interpretation.
McDonald places these disputes in political and legal context, showing how differing visions of union shaped American political development.
Drawing on primary sources and legal history, he illuminates the philosophical and practical roots of states-rights arguments.
The work is regarded as an important contribution to scholarship on federalism and the origins of sectional conflict in the United States.
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Mentioned by George Bagby as a recommended work on state sovereignty and assertions of sovereignty in U.S. history.
Episode 1348: The Road to Civil War Pt. 4 - The 'Principles of '98' - w/ George Bagby
