Civil rights in the shadow of slavery
Subtitle: the constitution, common law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1866
By: George Rutherglen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford [UK]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780199739707
Subjects: United States; Civil rights; Law and legislation; Slavery
Description: 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 discerning the future from the past and the contemporary significance of the Act.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The birth of civil rights : the circumstances, acts, and legacy of the 39th congress; title: Citizenship, slavery, and the constitutional origins of the act; title: Reconceiving civil rights : the passage and structure of the act; title: The high tide of reconstruction : the Fourteenth Amendment and later legislation; title: Restrictive interpretations and the end of reconstruction; title: The verdict of quiescent years : aliens, property, and state action; title: Resurrecting civil rights: reading an old act for a new era; title: Reaffirming the revived act : extension, reconsideration, and recodification; title: Discerning the future from the past : the contemporary significance of the act.