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Civil rights in the shadow of slavery : the Constitution, common law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 /

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The author begins with the birth of civil rights - the circumstances, acts and legacy of the 39th Congress, constitutional origins, passage and structure of the Act, moves through the Fourteenth Amendment and into restrictive interpretations and quiescent years, and finishes with a chapter on discer...

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Main Author: Rutherglen, George (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
United States. > Civil Rights Act of 1866.
United States. > Constitution. > 14th Amendment.
Civil Rights Act of 1866 (United States)
Constitution (United States)
Civil rights > United States.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
Civil rights
Slavery > Law and legislation
United States
Law - U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Constitutional Law - U.S.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The birth of civil rights: the circumstances, acts, and legacy of the 39th congress
  • Citizenship, slavery, and the constitutional origins of the act
  • Reconceiving civil rights: the passage and structure of the act
  • The high tide of reconstruction: the Fourteenth Amendment and later legislation
  • Restrictive interpretations and the end of reconstruction
  • The verdict of quiescent years: aliens, property, and state action
  • Resurrecting civil rights: reading an old act for a new era
  • Reaffirming the revived act: extension, reconsideration, and recodification
  • Discerning the future from the past: the contemporary significance of the act.