The Political Constitution of Federalism in Antebellum America
The Nullification Debate as an Illustration of Informal Mechanisms of Constitutional Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6375977 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith E Whittington (0000-0003-2596-5581, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Publius The Journal of Federalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-5950 • E-ISSN: 1747-7107 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a029843 |
| OpenAlex | W1989915344 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
The requirements of the U.S. Constitution are often assumed to be either clear or defined by the judiciary through interpretation, or both. Examination of the nullification crisis of 1833 indicates that this view of the U.S. Constitution is misleading. The nullification crisis provoked three competing visions of the appropriate understanding of federalism in the context of textual ambiguity and judicial activity. The subsequent development of federalism was determined by that political conflict and compromise. The nullification controversy provides an important example of the openness of constitutional norms, the significance of political debate in the shaping of constitutional meaning, and the complexity of antebellum political thought
Ambiguity · Compromise · Constitution · Context (archaeology · Federalism · Law and economics · Nullification · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · History · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal and Constitutional Studies · Philosophy
Neither Nullification nor Nationalism
The Collapse of Constitutional Originalism and the Rise of the Notion of the “Living Constitution” in the Course of American State-Building
From Fundamental Law to Constitutional Politics– And Back
The Fugitive Slave Clause and the Antebellum Constitution
The Law
The Road Not Taken
The Parade of Sovereignties
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2018 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |