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William D. Araiza - Enforcing the Equal Protection Clause: Congressional Power, Judicial Doctrine, and Constitutional Law - 9781479859702 - V9781479859702
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Enforcing the Equal Protection Clause: Congressional Power, Judicial Doctrine, and Constitutional Law

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Description for Enforcing the Equal Protection Clause: Congressional Power, Judicial Doctrine, and Constitutional Law Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.

For over a century, Congress’s power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of “the equal protection of the laws” has presented judges and scholars with a puzzle. What does it mean for Congress to “enforce” such a wide-ranging, open-ended provision when the Supreme Court has insisted on its own superiority in interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment? In Enforcing the Equal Protection Clause, William D. Araiza offers a unique understanding of Congress’s enforcement power and its relationship to the Court’s claim to supremacy when interpreting the Constitution.
Drawing on the history of American thinking about equality in the decades before and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
NYU Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479859702
SKU
V9781479859702
Shipping Time
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About William D. Araiza
William D. Araiza is Professor of Law and Dean of Brooklyn Law School and the author of Enforcing the Equal Protection Clause (NYU, 2016), Animus: A Brief Introduction to Bias in the Law (NYU, 2017), and Rebuilding Expertise: Creating Effective and Trustworthy Regulation in an Age of Doubt (forthcoming, 2022).

Reviews for Enforcing the Equal Protection Clause: Congressional Power, Judicial Doctrine, and Constitutional Law
Araizas thoughtful analysis should be read by anyone who is interested in constitutional law and, indeed American politics.
Political Science Quarterly
This is a serious effort to reconcile Supreme Court doctrine with the original goals of the Enforcement Clause. And its well written, well argued, and eminently readable.
Douglas Laycock,Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law, University ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Enforcing the Equal Protection Clause: Congressional Power, Judicial Doctrine, and Constitutional Law


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