Semblances of Sovereignty - The Constitution, the State, and American Citizenship

In a set of cases decided at the end of the nineteenth century, the Supreme Court declared that Congress had "plenary power" to regulate immigration, Indian tribes, and newly acquired territories. Not coincidentally, the groups subject to Congress' plenary power were primarily nonwhite and generally perceived as "uncivilized." The Court left Congress free to craft policies of assimilation, exclusion, paternalism, and domination.

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In a set of cases decided at the end of the 19th century, the Supreme Court declared that Congress had “plenary power” to regulate immigration, Indian tribes, and new territories. Attuned to the demands of a new century, the author argues for abandonment of the plenary power cases, and for more flexible conceptions of sovereignty and citizenship.

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• Authors: T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Thomas Alexander Aleinikoff, Aleinikoff T. Alexander
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2002
• EAN: 9780674007451
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00745-1
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Treaties, LAW / Emigration & Immigration, Social groups and identities, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Jurisprudence & general issues, Human rights, civil rights, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Social groups, communities and identities, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples