Government by judiciary : the transformation of the fourteenth amendment

581 Pages·1997·31.639 MB·English

by  Raoul Berger

GOVERNMENT BY JUDICIARY

LIBERTY FUND
Studies inJurisprudence and Legal History
Govevrmum by.l_Mici_y: The Tr_on ofthe FourteenthAmendment
Raoul Berger
InDefensoeftheConstitution
George W. Carey
Introduaion tothe Study ofthe Law ofthe Constitution
A. V..Dicey
Or/g/nsoftheCo._on
Arthur R. Hogue
Frte_m and the Law
Bruno Leoni
Lecuorson_e
Adam Smith
Raoul Berger
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GOVERNMENT
BY JUDICIARY
The Transformation of the
Fourteenth Amendment
Raoul Berger
with aForewordbyForrestMcDonald
SECOND EDITION
LIBERTY FUND
Indianapolis
I997
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Berger, Raoul, i9oi-
Government byjudiciary :the transformation of the fourteenth
amendment / Raoul Berger with aforeword byForrest McDonald. --
2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
lSmqo-86597-x43- 9(hardcover). -- issN o-86597-i44- 7(pbk.)
L United States--Constitutional law--Amendments--14th.
2.Political questions and judicial power--United States.
3-Civilrights--United States. 4.Judge-made law--United States.
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