Equal Protection: Documents Decoded

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Civil Rights, Legal History, Constitutional

• Author: David L. Hudson Jr.
• ISBN: 9781440858055
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication: June 30, 2018
• Imprint: ABC-CLIO
• Language: English

This book uses primary sources to closely examine the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and to show how legal interpretations of it have had a profound impact on American life as we know it.

• Illuminates the significance of formative primary documents through annotations

• Includes primary documents ranging from Supreme Court decisions to presidential speeches

• Chronologically organizes important events in the history and development of the Equal Protection Clause in a timeline

• Provides a bibliography of valuable resources for further study of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause