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Informationen zum Autor Kurt T. Lash holds the Guy Raymond Jones Chair in Law at the University of Illinois College of Law. A graduate of Yale Law School, Lash has served as the Chair of the Association of American Law Schools' Section on Constitutional Law, and his work has been cited by state and federal courts of all levels, including the United States Supreme Court. He has authored numerous articles and books on constitutional history and law; his work has been published by the Stanford Law Review, the Georgetown Law Journal, Texas Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, and The Chicago Law Review Online. He is the author of The Lost History of the Ninth Amendment (2009) and the forthcoming edited collection of historical materials, The Reconstruction Amendments: Essential Documents. Klappentext This book presents the history behind the 1868 addition of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Zusammenfassung This exhaustively researched book presents the history behind the 1868 addition of the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It follows the evolution in public understanding of 'the privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States'! from the early years of the Constitution to the election of 1866. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Fourteenth Amendment: an introduction; 2. On antebellum privileges and immunities; 3. Framing the Privileges or Immunities Clause; 4. The public debate; 5. Post-adoption commentary on the Privileges or Immunities Clause; 6. Text and theory.
