Bittker on the regulation of interstate and foreign commerce

About this book

"With its Lopez ruling in 1995, the US. Supreme Court signaled a new era in interpretation of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. Boris Bittker, long one of the nation's pare-eminent tax authorities, turned his attention to analyzing this area of constitutional law, responding to the many unanswered questions in the wake of the Lopez decision, as well as the dramatic changes in other commerce areas, such as electronic commerce. Bittker on the Regulation of Interstate and Foreign Commerce is the only up-to-date treatise to examine the scope of the Commerce Clause, which is regarded as 'the king of the constitutional castle.' The book analyzes the entire unruly tangle of judicial opinions enunciating, refining, applying, and occasionally rejecting the dormant Commerce Clause, along with the Commerce Clause's other features and the four commerce-related provisions of the Constitution - the Import-Export Clause, the Tonnage Clause, the Federal Export Clause, and the Port Preference Clause. Together, the five constitutional provisions have the same target - state restrictions on national commerce. The book also explores and explains the effect of the interpretation of the commerce power on various industries, such as aviation, banking and financial services, insurance, and shipping"--P. preceding T.p.