American constitutionalism and the mid-19th-century nation

• Roman Romashov Murmansk Arctic State University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9777-8625
• Ekaterina Petrova Ivanovo State University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9149-3888
• Zurab Kalandarishvili Saint-Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-1809
• Victor Kovalev Saint-Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0040-5828

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3971.37

Palabras clave: Causas de la Guerra Civil, Constitucionalismo estadounidense, Sistema legal de Estados Unidos, esclavitud en la historia de Estados Unidos, historia jurídico-institucional

Resumen

Los autores del artículo han estudiado las causas de la Guerra Civil estadounidense teniendo debidamente en cuenta la historia del derecho constitucional. Esta investigación se basa en varios factores políticos, económicos, legales y culturales. Los autores utilizaron el método de análisis de documentos históricos. Tras analizar los precedentes judiciales y las tendencias históricas mundiales, han concluido que los institutos constitucionales de Estados Unidos perdieron su eficacia y se convirtieron en un arma en manos de los partidos en lucha durante la crisis constitucional. Como resultado, el sistema de compromisos de principios del siglo XIX se convirtió en una nueva estructura estatal y legal.

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