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Semblances of Sovereignty : The Constitution, the State, and American Citizenship.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (321 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674020153
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Semblances of SovereigntyDDC classification:
  • 342.73/02
LOC classification:
  • KF4552
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Sovereignty Cases and the Pursuit of an American Nation-State -- 3. The Citizen-State: From the Warren Court to the Rehnquist Court -- 4. Commonwealth and the Constitution: The Case of Puerto Rico -- 5. The Erosion of American Indian Sovereignty -- 6. Indian Tribal Sovereignty beyond Plenary Power -- 7. Plenary Power, Immigration Regulation, and Decentered Citizenship -- 8. Reconceptualizing Sovereignty: Toward a New American Narrative -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: In a set of cases decided at the end of the 19th century, the Supreme Court declared that Congress had "plenary power" to regulate immigration, Indian tribes, and new territories. Attuned to the demands of a new century, the author argues for abandonment of the plenary power cases, and for more flexible conceptions of sovereignty and citizenship.
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Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Sovereignty Cases and the Pursuit of an American Nation-State -- 3. The Citizen-State: From the Warren Court to the Rehnquist Court -- 4. Commonwealth and the Constitution: The Case of Puerto Rico -- 5. The Erosion of American Indian Sovereignty -- 6. Indian Tribal Sovereignty beyond Plenary Power -- 7. Plenary Power, Immigration Regulation, and Decentered Citizenship -- 8. Reconceptualizing Sovereignty: Toward a New American Narrative -- Notes -- Index.

In a set of cases decided at the end of the 19th century, the Supreme Court declared that Congress had "plenary power" to regulate immigration, Indian tribes, and new territories. Attuned to the demands of a new century, the author argues for abandonment of the plenary power cases, and for more flexible conceptions of sovereignty and citizenship.

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