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- Title
A Lost Jurisprudence of the Reconstruction Amendments.
- Authors
Brandwein, Pamela
- Abstract
The article discusses what the author refers to as the lost jurisprudence of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution which were enacted in America's Reconstruction era in the aftermath of the nation's Civil War. Several U.S. Supreme Court constitutional law cases from the 19th century are examined, including United States v. Cruikshank and Ex parte Yarbrough. U.S. civil rights cases and violence against blacks in America are examined, along with state laws.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States. Constitution. 13th-15th Amendments; JURISPRUDENCE -- History; RECONSTRUCTION (U.S. history, 1865-1877); UNITED States v. Cruikshank; CONSTITUTIONAL law; EX Parte Yarbrough; BLACK people; STATE laws -- History; NINETEENTH century; CRIMES against African Americans; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law)
- Publication
Journal of Supreme Court History, 2016, Vol 41, Issue 3, p329
- ISSN
1059-4329
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/sch.2016.0007