McDonald (history, U. of Alabama) explores the balance between general and local authority in government. Tracing the concept of states' rights from the Declara

One of America’s leading conservative commentators on constitutional law provides an illuminating history of states’ rights, and the vital importance of rev

Demonstrates the crucial role that the Constitution played in the coming of the Civil War.

This book explores the treason trial of President Jefferson Davis, where the question of secession's constitutionality was debated.