Articles of Confederation
Footnotes from Foundations in Liberty.
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James McClellan, Liberty, Order, and Justice, 152.
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Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution, 376
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Most of the concerns (such as land apportionment, method of representation, contribution amounts to the federal treasury) stemmed from small states being concerned about the large states wielding their power over the small ones. The solution to these disagreements was not found until the Constitutional Convention of 1787 finally decided upon a bicameral federal legislature with each state having equal representation in the Senate.
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Style
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“Like the Constitution of 1787, the Articles of Confederation rested on the premise that all legislative authority originated in the people of each State, and that the powers exercised by Congress were given or delegated to Congress by the people in the States. Those powers not delegated were reserved to the States or the people.” James McClellan, Liberty, Order, and Justice, 155.
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The Articles had little staying power beyond mutual friendship and cooperation.
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Traditional principles of international law provide for this granting of basic privileges to foreigners traveling or residing in another nation as to citizens of its own nation. Thus this wording holds here. See McClellan, Liberty, Order, and Justice, 156.
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Extradition (surrender) of fugitives between nations is made by treaty because a country to which an individual has fled is not obligated to return him. See McClellan, Liberty, Order, and Justice, 157.
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On regarding contracts, the laws of the nation where a contract is made must govern, and Article IV applies that principle to the states. See McClellan, Liberty, Order, and Justice, 157.