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The Fourteenth Amendment

From Political Principle to Judicial Doctrine

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$36.00 • £31.95 • €32.95

ISBN 9780674316263

Publication Date: 08/11/1998

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253 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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In a remarkably fresh and historically grounded reinterpretation of the American Constitution, William Nelson argues that the fourteenth amendment was written to affirm the general public’s long-standing rhetorical commitment to the principles of equality and individual rights on the one hand, and to the principle of local self-rule on the other.

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