The Fourteenth AmendmentIn 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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The Impasse in Fourteenth Amendment Scholarship | 1 |
Ideas of Liberty and Equality in Antebellum America | 13 |
The Drafting and Adoption of the Amendment | 40 |
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