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Ideological Background of the American Revolution
Cuník, Maroš ; Franěk, Jakub (advisor) ; Kotábová, Věra (referee)
Bachelor thesis with its subject of Ideological background of American Revolution deals with ideological influences, which affected American society during the formation of a new nation. It shows the character of American revolution and early republic, and weight of republican and liberal traditions in this period of time. It specifically studies the impact of John Locke's liberalism on declaration of independence and character of American society. It also deals with republican values, which were transformed into the constitutions of the states, as well as the Federal Constitution itself. Both liberal and republican influences were present during the revolution, and both formed the character of new American republic, which is shown by analysis. The impact of John Locke's thought is depicted not only in literal and factual form of the Declaration, but also in the reality of the American society. It is concluded, that the formation of the United States was until that time a unique event, and the created system was quite new. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Interpretation of the Interstate Commerce Clause by the U.S. Supreme Court
Musilová, Nikola ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Raková, Svatava (referee)
This diploma thesis aims to analyze the issue of one of the most significant congressional powers found in Article I., Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce has been instrumental to the federal government's legislative efforts in many areas of law. This constitutional provision enabled the Congress to react to the changing conditions and new problems the country has been facing, especially in the area of working conditions, civil rights, criminal justice or even environmental law and many others. The expansion of power of the federal government, however, was not always greeted with enthusiasm, especially in the first three decades of the 20th century, before the Supreme Court began to read the commerce power much more broadly, to the point that it ceased to be a factual limitation of its powers. This trend was meant to be stopped by the New Federalism movement and the five new conservative justices who issued rulings that limited the scope of the Commerce Clause. However, this group of justices proved to be very inconsistent in its own approach toward this constitutional provision and eventually fell apart, which rendered Rehnquist's attempted constitutional revolution with respect to state's rights partly a failure. As the new Court membership under...
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