Abstract: The author presents evidence that the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment intended to affirm the general public's long-standing rhetorical commitment to the principle of equality and individual rights on the one hand, and to the principle of local self-rule on the other.
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Title: The Fourteenth Amendment: From Political Principle to Judicial Doctrine
Author: William Edward Nelson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: August 1995
ISBN: 0674316266
Pages: 253
Footnotes: 960 entries
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