The Bill of Rights, Creation and Reconstruction

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Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Akhil Reed Amar

as his work on how the Bill of Rights was created and later applied during Reconstruction.

Mentioned by

Akhil Reed Amar

as a book he published in 1998 about the Bill of Rights.

Mentioned by

Akhil Reed Amar

when referring to his own prior writing about incorporation and constitutional interpretation.

Mentioned by

Akhil Reed Amar

as a book in which he argues that Bill of Rights jurisprudence is a product of Reconstruction.

Recommended by Kermit Roosevelt as giving one of the most persuasive defenses of the 14th Amendment as legitimate constitutional lawmaking.

Mentioned by

Akhil Reed Amar

as a book in which the 14th Amendment is designed to apply the Bill of Rights against the states.

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