The Confederate Constitution Of 1861

Download or read book The Confederate Constitution of 1861 written by Marshall L. DeRosa and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1991-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Confederate Constitution of 1861, Marshall DeRosa argues that the Confederate Constitution was not, as is widely believed, a document designed to perpetuate a Southern "slaveocracy," but rather an attempt by the Southern political leadership to restore the Anti-Federalist standards of limited national government. In this first systematic analysis of the Confederate Constitution, DeRosa sheds new light on the constitutional principles of the CSA within the framework of American politics and constitutionalism. He shows just how little the Confederate Constitution departed from the U.S. Constitution on which it was modeled and examines closely the innovations the delegates brought to the document.