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.

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

2006012447


United States Congress.


Equality before the law--United States.
Civil rights--United States.

KF 4764 / .Z54 2006

342.7308/5