The Origins of the Necessary and Proper Clause

by Gary Lawson, Geoffrey P. Miller, Robert G. Natelson

Book Overview

The Necessary and Proper Clause is one of the most important parts of the US Constitution. Today this short thirty-nine-word paragraph is cited as the legal foundation for much of the modern federal government. Through three independent lines of research, the authors trace the lineage of the Necessary and Proper Clause to the everyday law of the Founding Era - the same law that American founders such as Madison, Hamilton, and Washington applied in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107663709
• ISBN13: 9781107663701
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"