No State Shall Abridge

The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights

Author: Curtis, Michael Kent
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822305996
eISBN Pdf: 9780822397403
Place of publication: Durham , United States
Year of digital publication: 2013
Month: July
Pages: 288
DDC: 342.73/085
Language: English

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“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

Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. From the Revolution to the Bill of Rights and Beyond
Chapter 2. The Historical Background of the Fourteenth Amendment
Chapter 3. The Framing of the Fourteenth Amendment
Chapter 4. In Which Some Historical Arguments Against Application of the Bill of Rights to the States Are Analyzed
Chapter 5. The Amendment Before the States
Chapter 6. Congressional Interpretation
Chapter 7. The Amendment Before the Courts (Part One)
Chapter 8. The Amendment Before the Courts (Part Two)
Conclusion
Notes
Index