(Source: Routledge)
Routledge has published a new book on the role of states in US
constitutionalism on the basis of historical case studies.
ABOUT THE BOOK
States in American
Constitutionalism: Interpretation, Authority, and Politics examines
the often overlooked role that states have played in the development and
maintenance of American constitutionalism by examining the purpose and effect
of state resolutions on national constitutional meaning. From colonial
practices through contemporary politics, subnational governments have made
claims about what national constitutional provisions and principles ought to
mean, fashioned political coalitions to back them, and asserted their authority
to provoke constitutional settlement. Yet, this practice has been far from
static. Political actors have altered the practice in response to their
interpretive objectives and the political landscape of the day. States
in American Constitutionalism explains both the development of the
practice and the way each innovation to the practice affected subsequent
iterations.
Hays presents a
series of case studies that explore the origins of the practice in colonial
constitutionalism, its function in the early Republic, subsequent developments
in antebellum and twentieth century politics, and contemporary practice in the
first two decades of the twenty-first century.
States in American
Constitutionalism will be of great interest to students and
academics interested in constitutional law and politics, political and
constitutional development, and federalism.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bradley D.
Hays is an
associate professor of political science at Union College. He received his
Ph.D. in government and politics from the University of Maryland, has held
faculty positions at the Catholic University of America and the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas, and been a junior fellow at the Clough Center for the Study
of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College. He writes on constitutional
politics and political development. He is also "scholar in residence"
at WAMC Northeast Public Radio.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction: The (Nonlegal) Role of States in Constitutional
Maintenance
2. Alerting the People: The Origins and Early Practice of State
Maintenance
3. Interposing the Protective Shield and Exerting State Authority: The
Failures of State Maintenance
4. The Authority to Reject Interpretation: State Maintenance in the
Twentieth Century
5. Reinvigoration: The Return of Madisonian Maintenance, Nullification,
and the Affirmation of Judicial Authority
6. Conclusion: On Development and Constitutionalism
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