Conscience and the Constitution : : History, Theory, and Law of the Reconstruction Amendments / / David A. J. Richards.
At stage center of the American drama, maintains David A. J. Richards, is the attempt to understand the implications of the Reconstruction Amendments--Amendments Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteen to the United States Constitution. Richards evaluates previous efforts to interpret the amendments and the...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1993 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ONE. AIMS AND METHODOLOGIES
- TWO. PROSLAVERY CONSTITUTIONALISM VERSUS THE THEORY OF UNION
- THREE. THE ARGUMENT FOR TOLERATION IN AROLITIONIST MORAL, POLITICAL, AND CONSTITUTIONAL THOUGHT
- FOUR. THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
- FIVE. A THEORY OF EQUAL PROTECTION
- SIX. THE NATIONALIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
- SEVEN. ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND THE CONSTITUTION
- EIGHT. CONSCIENCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION
- APPENDIX I. CONSTITUTION, STATUTES, AND LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
- APPENDIX II. CASE LAW
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX