Introduction: America's oldest constitutional debate
Why the states can't check national power
John Marshall and a constitution for national security and prosperity
The implications of Marshallian federalism
Why states' rights federalism is impossible to defend
John C. Calhoun's false theory of the Union
States' rights as rights only to participate in national processes
Why Marshallians should (but may not) win the states' rights debate.
The fallacies of states' rights by Sotirios A. Barber. ISBN 9780674066670. Published by Harvard University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.