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The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War (Hardcover)
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The Constitutional Origins of the American Civil War (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Historical Studies in American Law and Society
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In an incisive analysis of over two dozen clauses as well as
several 'unwritten' rules and practices, The Constitutional Origins
of the American Civil War shows how the Constitution aggravated the
sectional conflict over slavery to the point of civil war. Going
beyond the fugitive slave clause, the three-fifths clause, and the
international slave trade clause, Michael F. Conlin demonstrates
that many more constitutional provisions and practices played a
crucial role in the bloody conflict that claimed the lives of over
750,000 Americans. He also reveals that ordinary Americans in the
mid-nineteenth century had a surprisingly sophisticated knowledge
of the provisions and the methods of interpretation of the
Constitution. Lastly, Conlin reminds us that many of the debates
that divide Americans today were present in the 1850s: minority
rights vs. majority rule, original intent vs. a living
Constitution, state's rights vs. federal supremacy, judicial
activism vs. legislative prerogative, secession vs. union, and
counter-majoritarianism vs. democracy.
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