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| Title | : | The Fourteenth Amendment: From Political Principle to Judicial Doctrine |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (817 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674316266 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 253 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-07 |
| Language | : | English |
Equal protection of the Law Michael J Kolls Amendment XIV at 150 years old is today at the center of US politics. Who was deemed to have “equal protection of the law” in 1868? Can social movements assert their merits with the help of the second Civil War amendment? Are “anchor babies” US citizens?The amendment’s drafting process was not well documented; Amendment XIV does not have its Federalist Papers. There are n. By: Dan D'Amico and John Makarewicz Daniel J. D'Amico In The 14th Amendment: From Political Discussion to Judicial Doctrine, William E. Nelson examines the political rhetoric and circumstances that surrounded the framing of the Fourteenth Amendment, and from that, he attempts to determine what the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment was supposed to be for the original framers. Nelson claims that the ideas of equality, individual rights, and local self-ru
. Nelson is Professor of Law and History, New York University. William E
This is a significant achievement. Gerteis American Journal of Legal History)Improves our understanding of how the Fourteenth Amendment was able to be read so expansivelyAdds enormously to our constitutional history. (Louis S. An important and timely studyNelson successfully demonstrates the substance and consistency of pre-Lochner Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence. (Frank J. Macchiarola Political Science Quarterly)
In a remarkably fresh and historically grounded reinterpretation of the American Constitution, William Nelson argues that the fourteenth amendment was written to affirm the general public's long-standing rhetorical commitment to the principles of equality and individual rights on the one hand, and to the principle of local self-rule on the other.
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