This treatise was the first comprehensive study of the United States Constitution, and one of the most important.
In 1830 Rawle helped revise the civil code of Pennsylvania.. district attorney for Pennsylvania.
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In 1791 President George Washington appointed him the U.
WILLIAM Rawle 1759-1836] was a pillar of Pennsylvania\'s legal establishment and a highly regarded attorney and educator.
His View was published midway between the inauguration of the Federal Government and the outbreak of the War Between the States." --Elizabeth Kelley Bauer, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1790-1860 63). .) In several ways, Rawle may be considered as providing the transitional step between the North and the South. . (.
His final chapter on "The Union" includes a detailed statement that the right of secession was necessary to the fundamental right of a people to choose their own form of government.
Rawle himself was a Federalist, but his studies in government had led him to the judgment that the Union was not irrevocable. "Though admittedly a valuable and able study, Rawle\'s View of the Constitution stirred up controversy.
Military Academy, it and is generally considered to have influenced the leaders and supporters of the Confederacy).
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A popular textbook used in schools with large numbers of southern pupils, such as the U.
It is also a historically significant work because it suggests that States have a right to secede from the Union.
Though concise, Rawle provides a systematic analysis of the Constitution\'s articles, as well as its historical background and philosophy. viii, 349 pp.
Nicklin, 1829.
Originally published: Philadelphia: Philip H.
This treatise was the first comprehensive study of the United States Constitution, and one of the most important
