Powers Reserved for the People and the States - A History of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments

American judges and legal scholars have long misunderstood the intended meaning of the Ninth Amendment and its relationship to the Tenth. Because of misinterpretation, the Ninth and Tenth Amendments have not been used to fulfill their original purposes. The limited and unlimited powers of the federal government have been shaped greatly by that error. In this book the authors clarify the actual meaning of the Ninth Amendment and its connection to the Tenth Amendment in order to provide a clear understanding of the full potential of the two amendments. Historical and contemporary details are included to provide an appreciation of the intended purpose of the amendments.

About the author

THOMAS B. MCAFFEE is Professor of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas./e He has also taught at the Southern Illinois University Law School and at the University of Utah College of Law. He has published widely on topics related to American constitutional law, theory, and history.

Product details

• Authors: A. Christo Bryant, Jay Bybee, Bybee Jay S., Thomas McAffee, McAffee Thomas B.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2006
• EAN: 9780313313721
• ISBN: 978-0-313-31372-1
• No. of pages: 308
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Reference Guides to the United States Constitution
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; USA, LAW / Constitutional, United States of America, USA, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Politics, Law, and Government: State and Local Government