1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996297332803316

Titolo

Country review Belgium

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houston, TX, : Commercial Data International

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Ecology

Economic history

Politics and government

Social conditions

Periodicals.

Belgium Economic conditions 1993- Periodicals

Belgium Environmental conditions Periodicals

Belgium Politics and government 1993- Periodicals

Belgium Social conditions Periodicals

Belgium

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910272352803321

Autore

Baer Judith A.

Titolo

Equality under the Constitution : Reclaiming the Fourteenth Amendment / / Judith A. Baer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cornell University Press, 2018

Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018]

©1983

ISBN

9781501727757

1501727753

9781501722745

1501722743

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages)

Disciplina

347.30285

Soggetti

Equality before the law - United States

Civil rights - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Equality in the American Context -- 3. The Roots of Equal Protection -- 4. Equality and the Reconstruction Congress -- 5. From Equal Protection to Suspect Classification -- 6. When Equal Is Not the Same -- 7. The Question of Age -- 8. The Rights of the Disabled -- 9. Gay Rights and the Courts -- 10. Toward a Theory of Constitutional Equality -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Cases

Sommario/riassunto

The principle of equality embedded in the Declaration of Independence and reaffirmed in the Constitution does not distinguish between individuals according to their capacities or merits. It is written into these documents to ensure that each and every person enjoys equal respect and equal rights. Judith Baer maintains, however, that in fact American judicial decisions have consistently denied individuals the form of equality to which they are legally entitled-that the courts have interpreted constitutional guarantees of equal protection in ways that undermine the original intent of Congress. In Equality under the Constitution, Baer examines the background, scope, and purpose of the



Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment and the history of its interpretation by the courts. She traces the development of the idea of equality, drawing on the Bill of Rights, Congressional records, the Civil War amendments, and other sections of the Constitution. Baer discusses many of the significant equal-protection cases decided by the Supreme Court from the time of the amendment's ratification, including decisions on reverse discrimination, age discrimination, the rights of the disabled, and gay rights. She concludes with a theory of equality more faithful to the history, language, and spirit of the Constitution.