TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bloch,Susan Low
AU  - Jackson,Vicki C.
TI  - Federalism: a reference guide to the United States Constitution 
T2  - Reference guides to the United States Constitution
SN  - 9780313318849
AV  - KF4600 .B59 2013
U1  - 342.73/042 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Santa Barbara, California
PB  - Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
KW  - Federal government
KW  - United States
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The founding to the Civil War -- The Civil War and its aftermath -- The early twentieth century -- The New Deal court through the Warren court -- The "new" federalism and its future
N2  - The United States's system of federalism has presented significant constitutional conflicts throughout history, from the founding of the first national bank, thorugh Congress's efforts to deal with the dire effects of the Depression, to constitutional aspects of today's conflicts involving, for example, health care and immigtration law. Knowing this history is vital to understanding today's - and tomorrow's - regulatory and political disputes. Federalism: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution provides a thorough examination of this significant and distinctive part of the U.S. constitutional system, discussing its role in major domestic constitutional controversies in every period of American history. The book is organized historically, addressing the marked evolutions of important areas of doctrine over time. These doctrinal areas include the scope of Congress's power under the Commerce Clause, the scope of Congress's powers under the Fourteenth and other post-Civil War Amendments, the states' authority to regulate commercial and economic matters when Congress is silent, the principle of the supremacy of federal law and the law of preemption that follows from it, intergovernmental and sovereign immunities, the obligation of state courts to enforce federal law, and the scope of national power to regulate or impose obligations on the states. -- from back cover
ER  -