No state shall abridge : the fourteenth amendment and the Bill of Rights /

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"The book is carefully organized and well written, and it deals with a question that is still of great importance--what is the relationship of the Bill of Rights to the states."--Journal of American History"Curtis effectively settles a serious legal debate: whether the framers of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curtis, Michael Kent, 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1986.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
United States. > Constitution. > 14th Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire.
LAW / Constitutional
African Americans > Civil rights
Slavery > Law and legislation
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 From the Revolution to the Bill of Rights and Beyond
  • Chapter 2 The Historical Background of the Fourteenth Amendment
  • Chapter 3 The Framing of the Fourteenth Amendment
  • Chapter 4 In Which Some Arguments Against Application of the Bill of Rights to the States Are Analyzed
  • Chapter 5 The Amendment Before the States
  • Chapter 6 Congressional Interpretation
  • Chapter 7 The Amendment Before the Courts (Part One)
  • Chapter 8 The Amendment Before the Courts (Part Two)
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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