The original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment : its letter and spirit / Randy E. Barnett, Evan D. Bernick ; foreword by James Oakes.
| Author/creator | Barnett, Randy E. author. |
| Other author | Bernick, Evan D., author. |
| Other author | Oakes, James, writer of foreword. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021. |
| Copyright Date | ©2021 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xviii, 465 pages) |
| Supplemental Content | Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Original meaning of the 14th amendment |
| Contents | The early origins of privileges or immunities -- The antislavery origins of "privileges or immunities" -- The antislavery origins of Republican citizenship -- Reconstructing national citizenship -- The letter : writing and ratifying the clause -- Enforcing citizenship -- Competing originalist interpretations -- The spirit : implementing the privileges or immunities clause -- The letter : the original meaning of "due process of law" -- The spirit : implementing the due process of law clause -- The proper ends of legislative power -- The letter : the "protection of the laws" -- The spirit : implementing the equal protection of the laws |
| Abstract | "Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick return to the primary sources on the origin, drafting, and adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to better understand its original meaning. Arguing that it protected principles of Republican citizenship, fundamental rights, and civil equality, they propose workable doctrines for implementing these principles in practice"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Language | In English. |
| Source of description | Print version record |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Barnett, Randy E. Original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021 9780674257764 |
| ISBN | 0674270126 electronic bk. |
| ISBN | 9780674270121 electronic bk. |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | 0674270134 |
| ISBN | 9780674270138 |
| Standard identifier# | 10.4159/9780674270121 |
| Stock number | 22573/cats2124898 JSTOR |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |