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
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
Copyright Date©2021
Description1 online resource (xviii, 465 pages)
Supplemental ContentEbook 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index
LanguageIn English.
Source of descriptionPrint version record
Issued in other formPrint version: Barnett, Randy E. Original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021 9780674257764
ISBN0674270126 electronic bk.
ISBN9780674270121 electronic bk.
ISBNhardcover
ISBNhardcover
ISBN0674270134
ISBN9780674270138
Standard identifier# 10.4159/9780674270121
Stock number22573/cats2124898 JSTOR

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