Enforcing equality : Congress, the Constitution, and the protection of individual rights / Rebecca E. Zietlow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zietlow, Rebecca E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress.

United States.

Equality before the law--United States.

Equality before the law.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 what she calls "rights of belonging"-a set of positive entitlements that are necessary to ensure inclusion, participation, and equal membership in diverse communities-Zietlow examines three historical eras: Reconstruction, the New Deal era, and Civil Rights era of the 1960's. She reveals that in these key

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index.

ISBN:

0-8147-8900-5

1-4294-8613-9

OCLC:

779828385