A Disquisition on Government: And, A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States

A Disquisition on Government: And, A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States
ISBN-10
1584771275
ISBN-13
9781584771272
Series
A Disquisition on Government
Category
Law
Pages
406
Language
English
Published
1851
Publisher
The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Authors
John Caldwell Calhoun, Richard Kenner Cralle

Description

Calhoun, John C. A Disquisition on Government and a Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States. Edited by Richard K. Cralle. Charleston, S.C.: Steam Power-Press of Walker and James, 1851. viii, 406 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 00-067584. ISBN 1-58477-127-5. Cloth. $95. * Vice President under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, Calhoun [1782-1850] was well-known as a symbol of the Old South and as an advocate for slavery and states' rights. In this treatise he discusses such topics as the party system and trial by jury, praises the constitutions of ancient Rome and modern England and suggests their superiority to the constitution and government of the United States. See Dictionary of American Biography II: 411-419, Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law II: 358 (5748).

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