Essays on the History and Interpretation of Interposition, Nullification, and Secession

Just out from the University of Akron Press’s is Union and States' Rights: A History and Interpretation of Interposition, Nullification, and Secession 150 Years After Sumter, edited by Neil H. Cogan.  It is the third book in the Press’s “&Law” series.  The Press explains:

The edited work is a collection of papers that tackles the issue of the power states have to object to and cancel Federal law. For eighty-one years, from the ratification of the Constitution to the end of the Civil War, state power was the central issue of governance. Currently, the issue is gaining more traction due in part of the Tea Party movement to limit Federal intervention in areas like education, health care, voting legislation, etc.

Contents after the jump.
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