Tsesis The Promises of Liberty

The History and Contemporary Relevance of the Thirteenth Amendment
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-231-52013-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Tsesis, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: The Rocky Road to Freedom—Crucial Barriers to Abolition in the Antebellum Years, by David Brion Davis
1. Introduction: The Thirteenth Amendment's Revolutionary Aims, by Alexander Tsesis
Part 1: Historical Settings
2. In Pursuit of Constitutional Abolitionism, by James M. McPherson
3. The Civil War, Emancipation, and the Thirteenth Amendment: Understanding Who Freed the Slaves, by Paul Finkelman
4. Citizenship and the Thirteenth Amendment: Understanding the Deafening Silence, by Michael Vorenberg
5. Emancipation and Civic Status: The American Experience, 1865–1915, by William M. Wiecek
6. Convict Labor in the Post–Civil War South: Involuntary Servitude After the Thirteenth Amendment, by David M. Oshinsky
7. The Thirteenth Amendment and a New Deal for Civil Rights, by Risa L. Goluboff
8. The Workers' Freedom of Association Under the Thirteenth Amendment, by James Gray Pope
Part 2: Current Legal Landscapes
9. The Badges and Incidents of Slavery and the Power of Congress to Enforce the Thirteenth Amendment, by George A. Rutherglen
10. The Promise of Congressional Enforcement, by Rebecca E. Zietlow
11. Protecting Full and Equal Rights: The Floor and More, by Aviam Soifer
12. Forced Labor Revisited: The Thirteenth Amendment and Abortion, by Andrew Koppelman
13. The Slave Power Undead: Criminal Justice Successes and Failures of the Thirteenth Amendment, by Andrew E. Taslitz
14. Toward a Thirteenth Amendment Exclusionary Rule as a Remedy for Racial Profiling, by William M. Carter
15. Immigrant Workers and the Thirteenth Amendment, by Maria L. Ontiveros
16. A Thirteenth Amendment Agenda for the Twenty-first Century: Of Promises, Power, and Precaution, by Darrell A. H. Miller
17. Epilogue: The Enduring Legacy of the Thirteenth Amendment, by Robert J. Kaczorowski
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander Tsesis is a professor at the Loyola University School of Law. He is the author of We Shall Overcome: A History of Civil Rights and the Law; The Thirteenth Amendment and American Freedom; and Destructive Messages: How Hate Speech Paves the Way for Harmful Social Movements.