Political Sovereignty: The Supreme Authority in the United StatesSouthern Liberty Press |
Contents
The Significance of Sovereignty | 1 |
Definition of a Sovereign State | 8 |
The Rise of the Age of Reason | 15 |
The Second Treatise of Government | 24 |
The Powers of Government | 33 |
Sovereignty in the United States | 39 |
The American Theory of Government | 57 |
Review and Summary | 84 |
The WebsterHayne Debate | 200 |
The Orator of Consolidation | 246 |
The WebsterCalhoun Debate | 291 |
We the People | 337 |
Some Common Misconceptions | 363 |
Conclusions | 414 |
The Declaration of Independence | 431 |
The Constitution of the United States | 441 |
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