The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution (1972) (Cornell Studies in Civil Liberty)

Wiecek Congdon Professor of Law and Professor of History at Syracuse University offers a comprehensive analysis of the origins and development of the clause in Article IV Section 4 that guarantees a republican form of government to every state of the union. Chapters are devoted to rebellions against state or national authority slavery reconstruction and two pivotal cases: Luther v. Borden (1849) and Baker v. Carr (1962). From the Cornell Studies in Civil Liberty series General Editor: Milton R. Konvitz.