Prohibited government acts : a reference guide to the United States Constitution / Jack Stark ; foreword by Tom Barrett.
2002
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Author
Title
Prohibited government acts : a reference guide to the United States Constitution / Jack Stark ; foreword by Tom Barrett.
Published
Westport, CT : Praeger, 2002.
Call Number
KF4550 .S73 2002
ISBN
0313313520 (alk. paper)
Description
xvi, 173 pages ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)50285476
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-166) and index.
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Table of Contents
Series Foreword / Jack Stark
Foreword / Tom Barrett
Introduction
Pt. I
A History of Prohibited Government Acts
1
English Common Law
3
The Constitutional Convention
7
The Ratification Debates
13
Before the Civil War
19
The Civil War Era
21
Between the Civil War and 1950
25
The Current Era
29
Pt. II
Prohibited Government Acts and Commentary
37
Clause 2: Suspending the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
41
Clause 3: Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto Laws
53
Clause 5: Taxes on Exports
111
Clause 6: Preferences to Ports
123
Clause 7: No Money to Be Drawn from the Treasury but by Appropriation
131
Clause 8: Titles and Gifts Prohibited
157
Conclusion
163
Bibliographical Essay
165
Table of Cases
167
Index
171