Federalism and Conflicts over Principalship. Some Insights into the American Constitutional History

The article provides an economic interpretation of Kelsen's theory of decentralized governments. It helps to distinguish different forms of federalism and in particular the corresponding conflicts of principalship inside the governmental structure. The model is applied to the early American constitutional history and shows how opposed views of agency relationships in the constitution foreshadowed what would later end up in a civil war.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Josselin, Jean-Michael ; Marciano, Alain
Published in:	Constitutional Political Economy. - Springer, ISSN 1043-4062. - Vol. 15.2004, 3, p. 281-304
Publisher:	Springer

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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