Enforcing equality
Subtitle: Congress, the Constitution, and the protection of individual rights
By: Rebecca E. Zietlow.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780814797075
Subjects: United States. -- Congress; Equality before the law -- United States; Civil rights -- United States; Civil_Rights
Description: "In Enforcing Equality, Rebecca E. Zietlow assesses Congress's historical role in interpreting the Constitution and protecting the individual rights of citizens, challenging conventional wisdom that courts, not legislatures, are best suited for this role. This book argues that individual rights are best enforced by the political process because they express the values of our national community, and as such, litigation is no substitute for collective political action."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index.
Table of contents: title: Congress and rights before the civil war; title: Belonging, protection and equality : the Reconstruction Congress; title: Belonging and social citizenship : the New Deal and the Wagner Act; title: To secure these rights : the 1964 Civil Rights Act; title: The new parity debate; title: Rights of belonging and popular constitutionalism; title: Considering rights of belonging, moral values, and community.