The Fourteenth Amendment: From Political Principle to Judicial Doctrine

Authors

William E. Nelson, New York University School of LawFollow

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Description

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.

Publication Date

1988

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Recommended Citation

William E. Nelson, The Fourteenth Amendment: From Political Principle to Judicial Doctrine, (1988).
Available at: https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-books-edited-works/541