The power to legislate : a reference guide to the United States Constitution /

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Author / Creator:Levy, Richard E., 1956-
Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2006.
Description:xiv, 220 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Reference guides to the United States Constitution, 1539-8986 ; no. 17
Subject:United States. -- Congress -- Powers and duties.
United States. -- Congress -- Powers and duties -- History.
United States. -- Congress.
Constitutional law -- United States.
Constitutional law.
Legislative power.
United States.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6115545
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ISBN:0313322848 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201) and index.
Standard no.:9780313322846
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Triangulating the Federal Legislative Power
  • The "Other" Powers of Congress
  • In Search of the Federal Legislative Power
  • Notes
  • Part I. History of the Federal Legislative Power
  • The Constitutional Transformation of Congress
  • Congress Under the Articles of Confederation
  • Congress Under the Constitution
  • Conclusion
  • Federal Legislative Power in the Constitutional Order
  • The Bank Controversy and the Meaning of the Necessary and Proper Clause
  • Legislative Delegation
  • Internal Operations of Congress and Inherent Legislative Authority
  • The Antebellum Era
  • Dual Sovereignty Theory and Mutual Exclusivity
  • Inherent Legislative Powers
  • Constraints on the Deliberative Powers
  • Conclusion
  • The Civil War and Reconstruction
  • Secession and the Sovereignty of States
  • Reconstruction and Federal Power
  • Dual Sovereignty and the Scope of the Reconstruction Amendments
  • Laissez Faire Constitutionalism and Federal Legislative Power
  • Restricting the Scope of Legislative Power
  • Legislative Delegations
  • Deliberative Powers and Laissez Faire Constitutionalism
  • The New Deal Crisis and the Demise of Laissez Faire Constitutionalism
  • Reserved Powers, Nondelegation, and the New Deal
  • The Switch in Time That Saved Nine
  • Federal Legislative Power as Plenary
  • Structural Limits in the Era of Plenary Federal Legislative Power
  • Conclusion
  • The "New" Federalism and the Future of Federal Legislative Power
  • The New Federalism and Federal Legislative Power
  • The No-Commandeering Rule
  • State Sovereign Immunity
  • Legislative Delegations and the Rehnquist Court
  • The State of Federal Legislative Power
  • Notes
  • Part II. Analysis of the Federal Legislative Power
  • Collective Action and the Federal Legislative Power
  • The Dynamics of Collective Action
  • Government as Collective Action
  • The Legislative Power in Collective Action Perspective
  • Collective Action Among States
  • Federalism and the Dual Collective
  • Implications for the Federal Legislative Power
  • Necessary and Proper Laws
  • The McCulloch Test and the Enumerated Powers
  • Overarching Questions
  • Ends
  • Appropriate Means
  • Prohibited Means
  • Necessary and Proper Laws and the Federal Legislative Power
  • Legislative Delegation
  • Delegation and Separation of Powers
  • The Intelligible Principle Test
  • Factors Affecting the Intelligible Principle Test
  • The Nondelegation Doctrine and the Federal Legislative Power
  • Deliberative Powers
  • Deliberative Powers and the Deliberative Process
  • Deliberative Powers in Collective Action Perspective
  • Intrinsic Limits on Deliberative Powers
  • External Limitations
  • Institutional Prerogatives and the Limits of Deliberative Powers
  • Notes
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Table of Cases
  • Index