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Zietlow, Rebecca E.

Enforcing equality Congress, the Constitution, and the protection of individual rights Rebecca E. Zietlow. - New York New York University Press c2006. - xi, 265 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780814797075 (cloth : alk. paper) 0814797075 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006012447

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States Congress.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Equality before the law--United States.
Civil rights--United States.

LC Class. No.: KF 4764 / .Z54 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 342.7308/5