The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution (1972)

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.