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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : New York University Press, c2006.Description: xi, 265 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780814797075 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0814797075 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.7308/5 22
LOC classification:
  • KF4764 .Z54 2006
Contents:
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.
Summary: Abstract: "In Enforcing Equality, Rebecca E. Zietlow assesses Congress's historical role in interpreting the Constitution and protecting the individual rights of citizens, challenging conventional wisdom that courts, not legislatures, are best suited for this role. This book argues that individual rights are best enforced by the political process because they express the values of our national community, and as such, litigation is no substitute for collective political action"—book jacket.
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Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University KF4764.Z54 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000365725
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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.

Abstract: "In Enforcing Equality, Rebecca E. Zietlow assesses Congress's historical role in interpreting the Constitution and protecting the individual rights of citizens, challenging conventional wisdom that courts, not legislatures, are best suited for this role. This book argues that individual rights are best enforced by the political process because they express the values of our national community, and as such, litigation is no substitute for collective political action"—book jacket.

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