Infinite hope and finite disappointment : the story of the first interpreters of the Fourteenth Amendment /

"Infinite Hope and Finite Disappointment details the hopes and promises of the 14th Amendment in the historical, legal, and sociological context within which it was framed. Part of the Reconstruction Amendments collectively known as "The Second Founding," the 14th Amendment fundamenta...

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Other Authors: Reilly, Elizabeth (Elizabeth A.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Akron : University Of Akron Press, 2011
Edition:1st ed
Series:& Law
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Table of Contents:
  • The antebellum political background of the Fourteenth Amendment / Garrett Epps
  • The historical context of the Fourteenth Amendment / Paul Finkelman
  • The 39th Congress (1865-1867) and the 14th Amendment : some preliminary perspectives / Richard L. Aynes
  • The union as it wasn't and the Constitution as it isn't : Section five and altering the balance of powers / Elizabeth Reilly
  • Justice Miller's reconstruction : the Slaughter-House cases, health codes, and civil rights in New Orleans, 1861-1873 / Michael A. Ross
  • Rebuilding the Slaughter-House : the cases' support for civil rights / David S. Bogen
  • Why "privileges or immunities"? : an explanation of the framers' interpretation and the Supreme Court's misinterpretation / William J. Rich
  • The legacy of Slaughter-House, Bradwell, and Cruikshank in constitutional interpretation / Wilson R. Huhn
  • The use of the Fourteenth Amendment by Salmon P. Chase in the trial of Jefferson Davis / C. Ellen Connally
  • "Horror of a woman" : Myra Bradwell, the 14th Amendment, and the gendered origins of sociological jurisprudence / Gwen Hoerr Jordan
  • 14th Amendment citizenship and the reconstruction-era black public sphere / James W. Fox, Jr