Oldest Constitutional Question - Enumeration and Federal Power

Richard Primus challenges the prevailing view that Congress is constrained to exercise only those powers enumerated in the Constitution. Analyzing constitutional text and history, as well as the structure of US federalism, Primus shows that the primary function of enumeration is to rule the listed powers in, not to rule other powers out.

About the author

Richard Primus is Theodore J. St. Antoine Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan Law School. He clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the US Supreme Court and is the author of The American Language of Rights.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Primus
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 03.06.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9780674293595
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29359-5
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Constitutional, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Legal History, United States of America, USA, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, C 1600 To C 1700, Constitution, Constitutional & administrative law