Perfecting the Union —— National and State Authority in the US Constitution

----- 完善联盟：美国宪法中的国家和州当局

ISBN: 9780197534717 出版年：2020 页码：209 Edling, Max M Oxford University Press

In Perfecting the Union, Max M. Edling focuses on the reform of the American Union brought about by the framing and adoption of the Constitution and the resulting division of duties and powers between the national government and the states. He argues that the Constitution profoundly altered the structure of the American Union and made the federal government more effective than under the defunct Articles of Confederation, but does not accept that federal power expanded at the expense of the states. He therefore offers a powerful new interpretation of the Constitution that has important implications for our understanding of the American founding.