Enforcing equality : Congress, the Constitution, and the protection of individual rights /

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In Enforcing Equality, Rebecca E. Zietlow assesses Congress's historical role in interpreting the Constitution and protecting the individual rights of citizens, provocatively challenging conventional wisdom that courts, not legislatures, are best suited for this role. Specifically focusing on w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zietlow, Rebecca E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2006.
Temas:
United States. > Congress.
United States. > Congress
Equality before the law > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Civil rights
Equality before the law
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Congress and rights before the civil war
  • Belonging, protection and equality : the Reconstruction Congress
  • Belonging and social citizenship : the New Deal and the Wagner Act
  • To secure these rights : the 1964 Civil Rights Act
  • The new parity debate
  • Rights of belonging and popular constitutionalism
  • Considering rights of belonging, moral values, and community.

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