the south declared war on the north on april 1861.
the south declared war on the north on april 1861.
when did the south declare war on the north?
april 1861
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Na
bullet::::- "categorical theory", under which the power to declare war includes "the power to control all decisions to enter war". this means that the power to 'declare war' in effect rests with the ability to engage in combat.









































bullet::::- "pragmatic theory", which states that the power to declare war can be made unnecessary by an act of war in itself.









































bullet::::- "formalist theory", under which the power to declare war constitutes only a formal documentation of executive war-making decisions. this sits closest to traditional legal conceptions of what it is to declare a war.









































section::::history.
declaration of war