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Description and Holding Information
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Joy, Right of the Territories to Become States of the Union, 1892
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The Right of the Territories to Become States of the Union. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy in the University Faculty of Political Science, Columbia College. By Edmund Steele Joy. Published by Advertiser Printing House (Newark 1892). 45 p.
Contents include an Introduction; five sections: I, Opposing conceptions of the character of States and the Nature of the Process of Admissions; II,
Historical and constitutional grounds for the support of both the territorial claim to admission and the Congressional claim to unlimited control over
admissions; III, Historical review of the process of admission; IV, Analysis of the provisions of admitting acts in the following particulars: public
lands, navigable rivers, interstate rights of U.S. citizens, public schools, right of suffrage, principles of civil and religious liberty, conditions
under which the reconstructed States were restored; and V, The stipulation of treaties as affecting the individual’s claim to admission and foreign
interference; and the Conclusion (territories viewed as embryo states; the question of admission of States is a political question).
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Title:
The right of the territories to become states of the Union / by Edmund Steele Joy, A.M.
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OCLC Number:
894670733
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | Yes |
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