Bulletin n. 1/2010
July 2010
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Amestoy Jeffrey L.
    The Supreme Court Argument that Saved the Union: Richard Henry Dana, Jr., and the Prize Cases
    in Journal of Supreme Court History , Volume 35 Issue 1 March ,  2010 ,  10-24
    On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, claiming constitutional authority to do so "as a fit and necessary war measure." The epic struggle between North and South had been raging for nearly two years. There were over a million soldiers under arms. At Antietam there had been more than 20,000 casualties in the bloodiest single day of battle in American history. But was it, in point of law, a war?
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