Federalism in the Political Thought
of the Old South of the United States
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Katedra Doktryn
Polityczno-Prawnych, Wydział Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Publication date: 2025-03-07
Studia Politologiczne 2025;75
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ABSTRACT
From the beginning of the United States, there was the debate about the
interpretation of the US Constitution and the meaning of federalism. Opposing
the centralisation promoted by the Northern Federalists and later the Nationalists,
Southern statesmen countered with the concept of states’ rights, compact theory and
strict construction of the Constitution, which were the basis of the Southern understanding
of federalism. In this article, the author analyses the origins of these crucial categories
and their justification in the reflections of the most important theorists of the Old South:
Tucker, Taylor of Caroline, Randolph of Roanoke, Hayne and Calhoun.
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