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The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship /
"This book presents the history behind a revolution in American liberty: the 1868 addition of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This exhaustively researched book follows the evolution in public understanding of "the privileges and immunities of citizens of th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book presents the history behind a revolution in American liberty: the 1868 addition of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This exhaustively researched book follows the evolution in public understanding of "the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States," from the early years of the Constitution to the critical national election of 1866. For the first 92 years of our nation's history, nothing in the American Constitution prevented states from abridging freedom of speech, prohibiting the free exercise of religion, or denying the right of peaceful assembly"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 307 pages .) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139870795 1139870793 9781139150927 1139150928 1306683998 9781306683999 9781139862936 1139862936 9781316507520 1316507521 1139698826 9781139698825 1139861840 9781139861847 1139868640 9781139868648 |