The Antebellum Origins Of The Modern Constitution: Slavery And The Spirit Of The American Founding

The emergence of slavery in the District of Columbia profoundly transformed constitutional interpretation. Gilhooley's account of this interaction, and how it forms the basis of modern constitutional understandings grounded in the American Founding, is for scholars of the US Constitution, American history and politics, and legal studies.

• | By (Author): Simon J. (Bard College, New York) Gilhooley
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 14, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 283 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 110879145X
• | ISBN-13: 9781108791458