No state shall abridge : the fourteenth amendment and the Bill of Rights / Michael Kent Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, Michael Kent, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitution--14th Amendment.

United States.

African Americans--Civil rights--History.

African Americans.

Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Slavery.

Genre:

Authors’ Presentation Copies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

“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 14th Amendment intended to incorporate the Bill of Rights guarantees and thereby inhibit state action. Taking on a formidable array of constitutional scholars, . . . he rebuts their argument with vigor and effectiveness, conclusively demonstrating the legitimacy of the incorporation thesis. . . . A bold, forcefully argued, important study.”—Library Journal

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-266) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822397403

0822397404

OCLC:

1143629819