“Bills of Credit”: Outlawed by the Constitution
"Bills of Credit": Outlawed by the ConstitutionIn the the Federal Convention of 1787, the initial draft of the Constitution reported by the Committee of...
The Civil War and “Bills of Credit”
The Civil War and “Bills of Credit”“The immediate aftermath of the Civil War was a time of unprecedented legal flux, during which new doctrines...
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