Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment - Its Letter and Spirit

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 civic equality, they propose workable doctrines for implementing these principles in practice.

About the author

Randy E. Barnett is the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law at the Georgetown University Law Center. A Guggenheim Fellow and Supreme Court advocate, he is the author of The Structure of Liberty, Restoring the Lost Constitution, and Our Republican Constitution.Evan D. Bernick is Assistant Professor of Law at Northern Illinois University College of Law. He was previously Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. His scholarship appears in the Georgetown Law Journal, Notre Dame Law Review, and William & Mary Law Review.

Summary

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 civic equality, they propose workable doctrines for implementing these principles in practice.

Product details

• Authors: Randy E Barnett, Randy E. Barnett, Randy E. Bernick Barnett, Barnett Randy E., Evan D Bernick, Evan D. Bernick
• Assisted by: James Oakes (Foreword)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9780674295537
• ISBN: 978-0-674-29553-7
• No. of pages: 488
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, LAW / Constitutional, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Political science & theory, Legal History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Constitution, Constitutional & administrative law