The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution

2017. ISBN-13: 9781584775058; ISBN-10: 158477505X. Wiecek, William M. The Guarantee Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, [1972]. [xi], 324 pp. Reprinted 2004, 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775058; ISBN-10: 158477505X. Hardcover. New. $49.95 * Wiecek, Congdon Professor of Law and Professor of History at Syracuse University, offers a comprehensive analysis of the origins and development of the clause in Article IV, Section 4 that guarantees a republican form of government to every state of the union. Chapters are devoted to rebellions against state or national authority, slavery, reconstruction and two pivotal cases: Luther v. Borden (1849) and Baker v. Carr (1962).