The Fourteenth Amendment
From Political Principle to Judicial Doctrine
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Published:10th Sep '98
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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.
An important and timely study...Nelson successfully demonstrates the substance and consistency of pre-Lochner Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence. This is a significant achievement. -- Louis S. Gerteis * American Journal of Legal History *
Improves our understanding of how the Fourteenth Amendment was able to be read so expansively...Adds enormously to our constitutional history. -- Frank J. Macchiarola * Political Science Quarterly *
ISBN: 9780674316263
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 381g
253 pages