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The power to legislate : a reference guide to the United States Constitution
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The power to legislate : a reference guide to the United States Constitution / Richard E. Levy ; foreword by Richard A. Posner
ISBN
0313322848 (alk. paper)
Published
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2006.
Physical Description
xiv, 220 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 12, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201) and index.
Contents
The constitutional transformation of Congress
Federal legislative power in the constitutional order
The antebellum era
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Laissez faire constitutionalism and federal legislative power
The New Deal crisis and the demise of laissez faire constitutionalism
The "new" federalism and the future of federal legislative power
The state of federal legislative power
Collective action and the federal legislative power
Necessary and proper laws
Legislative delegation
Deliberative powers.
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