Enforcing equality [[electronic resource] ] : Congress, the Constitution, and the protection of individual rights / / Rebecca E. Zietlow

• Autore: Zietlow Rebecca E
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.7308/5
• Soggetto topico: Equality before the law - United States; Civil rights - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Congress and rights before the civil war -- Belonging, protection and equality : the Reconstruction Congress -- Belonging and social citizenship : the New Deal and the Wagner Act -- To secure these rights : the 1964 Civil Rights Act -- The new parity debate -- Rights of belonging and popular constitutionalism -- Considering rights of belonging, moral values, and community.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Enforcing Equality , Rebecca E. Zietlow assesses Congress's historical role in interpreting the Constitution and protecting the individual rights of citizens, provocatively challenging conventional wisdom that courts, not legislatures, are best suited for this role. Specifically focusing on what she calls "rights of belonging"-a set of positive entitlements that are necessary to ensure inclusion, participation, and equal membership in diverse communities-Zietlow examines three historical eras: Reconstruction, the New Deal era, and Civil Rights era of the 1960's. She reveals that in these key
• Titolo autorizzato: Enforcing equality
• ISBN: 0-8147-8900-5; 1-4294-8613-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778131503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II