Civil rights in the shadow of slavery : the Constitution, common law, and the Civil Rights Act of 1866
George Rutherglen (Author)
History
ix, 214 pages ; 25 cm
9780199979363, 9780199739707, 0199979367, 0199739706
860791060
The birth of civil rights : the circumstances, acts, and legacy of the 39th Congress
Citizenship, slavery, and the constitutional origins of the act
Reconceiving civil rights : the passage and structure of the act
The high tide of reconstruction : the Fourteenth Amendment and later legislation
Restrictive interpretations and the end of reconstruction
The verdict of quiescent years : aliens, property, and state action
Resurrecting civil rights : reading an old act for a new era
Reaffirming the revived act : extension, reconsideration, and recodification
Discerning the future from the past : the contemporary significance of the act