Amendment XIV : due process / Carrie Fredericks, book editor.

Presents the Fourteenth Amendment in a historical context, examining how it has been tested in the courts and present current controversies and debates. Focuses on due process.

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Corporate Author: Gale (Firm)
Other Authors: Fredericks, Carrie (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Detroit, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, [2009]
Series:Constitutional amendments (Detroit, Mich.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Historical Background on the Fourteenth Amendment
  • A History of Due Process / Morris D. Forkosch
  • A Presidential Message / Andrew Johnson
  • The Passage of the Fourteenth Amendment / Eric Foner
  • The "Second Constitution" / Garrett Epps
  • Chapter 2: Testing the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
  • The Due Process Clause Guarantees the Fourth Amendment Right to Privacy / Tom C. Clark
  • The Due Process Clause Guarantees the Right to a Fair Trial / Colin Evans
  • Truancy Leads to Due Process for Students / Abe Fortas
  • Double Jeopardy and the Due Process Clause / Elder Witt
  • Due Process Protects a Woman's Right to Choose Abortion / Harry Blackmun
  • Due Process Should Not Protect a Woman's Right to Choose Abortion / William H. Rehnquist
  • Student Suspension / Byron White
  • Chapter 3: Current Due Process Issues
  • Due Process and Detainees of the War on Terrorism / Barbara Olshansky
  • Music Piracy and the Right to Due Process / Anita Ramasastry
  • Due Process May Be Threatened by DNA Databases / Marcelo Ballve
  • Immigration Reform Could Threaten Due Process Rights / American Civil Liberties Union.