The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom: A Legal HistoryNYU Press, 2004 M12 12 - 229 páginas In this narrative history and contextual analysis of the Thirteenth Amendment, slavery and freedom take center stage. Alexander Tsesis demonstrates how entrenched slavery was in pre-Civil War America, how central it was to the political events that resulted in the Civil War, and how it was the driving force that led to the adoption of an amendment that ultimately provided a substantive assurance of freedom for all American citizens. |
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A Legal History Alexander Tsesis. THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT AND AMERICAN FREEDOM The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom a legal history Alexander Front Cover.
... Freedom? 48 2. Legal Protections 53 3 End of Radical Ideals and Judicial Response 59 A. Political Abandonment of Reconstruction 59 B. Supreme Court Abandonment of Reconstruction 61 1. Early Opinions 62 2. Relinquishment of Thirteenth ...
... Freedom: The Civil War, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment. Vorenberg provided a noteworthy historical account of the years preceding ratification and those immediately following it, but his book contains little ...
... freedom. That concept is so central to the entire book that I think it best to explain my basic meaning up front and then provide more detail in the fifth chapter ... freedom from unjust and arbitrary treatment; freedom Preface | 5.
... freedom to define one's purposes in life; and freedom for choosing from a variety of civic and social opportunities. National protections of civil liberties should facilitate people's pursuit of meaningful lives and conduce to social ...
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End of Radical Ideals and Judicial Response | 59 |
Summing Up and Looking Ahead | 94 |
Theoretical Foundation | 101 |
Thirteenth Amendment and Constitutional Rights | 112 |
Contemporary Settings | 137 |
Conclusion | 161 |
Select Bibliography | 201 |
Index | 221 |
About the Author | 229 |
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