No State Shall Abridge: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights
by Michael Kent Curtis
Duke University Press, 1990 Cloth: 978-0-8223-0599-6 | Paper: 978-0-8223-1035-8 | eISBN: 978-0-8223-9740-3 Library of Congress Classification KF4757.C87 1986 Dewey Decimal Classification 342.73085
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
“The book is carefully organized and well written, and it deals with a question that is still of great importance—what is the relationship of the Bill of Rights to the states.”—Journal of American History
“Curtis effectively settles a serious legal debate: whether the framers of the 14th Amendment intended to incorporate the Bill of Rights guarantees and thereby inhibit state action. Taking on a formidable array of constitutional scholars, . . . he rebuts their argument with vigor and effectiveness, conclusively demonstrating the legitimacy of the incorporation thesis. . . . A bold, forcefully argued, important study.”—Library Journal
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Michael Kent Curtis is Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law.
REVIEWS
“The book is carefully organized and well written, and it deals with a question that is still of great importance—what is the relationship of the Bill of Rights to the states.” - Journal of American History
“Curtis effectively settles a serious legal debate: whether the framers of the 14th Amendment intended to incorporate the Bill of Rights guarantees and thereby inhibit state action. Taking on a formidable array of constitutional scholars, . . . he rebuts their argument with vigor and effectiveness, conclusively demonstrating the legitimacy of the incorporation thesis. . . . A bold, forcefully argued, important study.” - Library Journal
“Curtis effectively settles a serious legal debate: whether the framers of the 14th Amendment intended to incorporate the Bill of Rights guarantees and thereby inhibit state action. Taking on a formidable array of constitutional scholars, . . . he rebuts their argument with vigor and effectiveness, conclusively demonstrating the legitimacy of the incorporation thesis. . . . A bold, forcefully argued, important study.”
-- Library Journal
“The book is carefully organized and well written, and it deals with a question that is still of great importance—what is the relationship of the Bill of Rights to the states.”
-- Journal of American History
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Forward vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 - From the Revolution to the Bill of Rights and Beyond 18
Chapter 2 - The Historical Background of the Fourteenth Amendment 26
Chapter 3 - The Framing of the Fourteenth Amendment 57
Chapter 4 - In Which Some Historical Arguments Against Application of the Bill of Rights to the States Are Analyzed 92
Chapter 5 - The Amendment Before the States 131
Chapter 6 - Congressional Interpretation 154
Chapter 7 - The Amendment Before the Courts (Part One) 171
Chapter 8 - The Amendment Before the Courts (Part Two) 197
Conclusion 212
Notes 221
Index 267
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No State Shall Abridge: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights
by Michael Kent Curtis
Duke University Press, 1990 Cloth: 978-0-8223-0599-6 Paper: 978-0-8223-1035-8 eISBN: 978-0-8223-9740-3
“The book is carefully organized and well written, and it deals with a question that is still of great importance—what is the relationship of the Bill of Rights to the states.”—Journal of American History
“Curtis effectively settles a serious legal debate: whether the framers of the 14th Amendment intended to incorporate the Bill of Rights guarantees and thereby inhibit state action. Taking on a formidable array of constitutional scholars, . . . he rebuts their argument with vigor and effectiveness, conclusively demonstrating the legitimacy of the incorporation thesis. . . . A bold, forcefully argued, important study.”—Library Journal
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Michael Kent Curtis is Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law.
REVIEWS
“The book is carefully organized and well written, and it deals with a question that is still of great importance—what is the relationship of the Bill of Rights to the states.” - Journal of American History
“Curtis effectively settles a serious legal debate: whether the framers of the 14th Amendment intended to incorporate the Bill of Rights guarantees and thereby inhibit state action. Taking on a formidable array of constitutional scholars, . . . he rebuts their argument with vigor and effectiveness, conclusively demonstrating the legitimacy of the incorporation thesis. . . . A bold, forcefully argued, important study.” - Library Journal
“Curtis effectively settles a serious legal debate: whether the framers of the 14th Amendment intended to incorporate the Bill of Rights guarantees and thereby inhibit state action. Taking on a formidable array of constitutional scholars, . . . he rebuts their argument with vigor and effectiveness, conclusively demonstrating the legitimacy of the incorporation thesis. . . . A bold, forcefully argued, important study.”
-- Library Journal
“The book is carefully organized and well written, and it deals with a question that is still of great importance—what is the relationship of the Bill of Rights to the states.”
-- Journal of American History
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Forward vii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 - From the Revolution to the Bill of Rights and Beyond 18
Chapter 2 - The Historical Background of the Fourteenth Amendment 26
Chapter 3 - The Framing of the Fourteenth Amendment 57
Chapter 4 - In Which Some Historical Arguments Against Application of the Bill of Rights to the States Are Analyzed 92
Chapter 5 - The Amendment Before the States 131
Chapter 6 - Congressional Interpretation 154
Chapter 7 - The Amendment Before the Courts (Part One) 171
Chapter 8 - The Amendment Before the Courts (Part Two) 197
Conclusion 212
Notes 221
Index 267
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