A Disquisition on Government

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book political treatise

A Disquisition on Government is a mid-19th-century political treatise by John C. Calhoun that systematically defends states’ rights, slavery, and the doctrine of the concurrent majority within the American constitutional system.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
A Disquisition on Government canonical	2
A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States	1
Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ political treatise ⓘ
advocates	concurrent majority ⓘ
arguesThat	constitutional mechanisms are needed to prevent majority tyranny ⓘ government must protect minority interests against majority power ⓘ society is naturally divided into conflicting interests ⓘ
associatedWithIdeology	Southern sectionalism ⓘ pro-slavery thought ⓘ
author	John C. Calhoun ⓘ
centralConcept	concurrent majority ⓘ minority rights in constitutional government ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
critiques	simple numerical majority rule ⓘ
genre	political philosophy ⓘ political theory ⓘ
hasPart	analysis of constitutional government ⓘ defense of slavery ⓘ theory of concurrent majority ⓘ
hasReception	controversial due to defense of slavery ⓘ
historicalContext	pre–American Civil War political debates ⓘ
influencedBy	United States federal system ⓘ surface form: American federalism republicanism ⓘ
mainSubject	American constitutional system ⓘ concurrent majority ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ states' rights ⓘ
notableFor	articulation of minority veto in constitutional systems ⓘ explicit defense of slavery within a constitutional framework ⓘ systematic defense of concurrent majority doctrine ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	American conservative thought ⓘ pro-slavery constitutionalism ⓘ
proposes	veto power for concurrent minorities ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
relatedWork	A Disquisition on Government self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States
setting	American federal system ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	history ⓘ legal studies ⓘ political science ⓘ
supports	slavery ⓘ states' rights doctrine ⓘ
theoreticalFramework	constitutionalism ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	early United States republic ⓘ
usedIn	studies of American political thought ⓘ studies of constitutional theory ⓘ studies of slavery ideology ⓘ
viewsSlaveryAs	positive good ⓘ
writtenInPeriod	antebellum United States ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John C. Calhoun → notableWork → A Disquisition on Government ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States

A Disquisition on Government → relatedWork → A Disquisition on Government self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States

concurrent majority theory → associatedWithWork → A Disquisition on Government ⓘ