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Federalism and rights / edited by Ellis Katz and G. Alan Tarr.

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Federalism and rights / edited by Ellis Katz and G. Alan Tarr.
Publication
Lanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield, c1996.

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  • Katz, Ellis.
  • Tarr, G. Alan (George Alan)
Description
xxiii, 208 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
"Does federalism promote or undermine rights? With emerging democracies in Europe and elsewhere currently attempting to design constitutions that combine effective government, recognition of ethnic diversity within their populations, and protection of individual rights, the importance of this question can hardly be overstated." "Federalism and Rights examines both the theoretical perspectives on the relationship between federalism and rights, and the historical and contemporary relationship between federalism and rights in the United States. The contributors to this volume analyze the U.S. federal system as a potential model for contemporary constitution-makers as well as explore how its system can serve as a cautionary example."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Civil rights > United States > History
  • Civil rights
  • Federal government > United States > History
  • Federal government
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Federalism, diversity, and rights / Daniel J. Elazar -- Does federalism secure or undermine rights? / A.E. Dick Howard -- Contemporary constitutional theory, federalism, and the protection of rights / Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn -- Federalism and rights in the American founding / Jean Yarbrough -- Toward a corrective federalism : the United States constitution, federalism, and rights / Michael P. Zuckert -- Federalism and the protection of individual rights : the American state constitutional perspective / Dorothy Toth Beasley -- Rights and federalism : an agenda to advance the vision of Justice Brennan / Talbot D'Alemberte -- Federalism and rights in the European Community / Koen Lenaerts -- Can the center hold? Federalism and rights in Canada / Irwin Cotler.
ISBN
  • 0847680894 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0847680908 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^95008954^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library