Unintended consequences of constitutional amendment
In this collection of essays, historians, political scientists and legal scholars examine significant instances in which legal reform produced something other than the foreseen result. Subjects addressed include: the intentions of the framers of the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
260 pages ; 23 cm
9780820321882, 9780820321912, 0820321885, 0820321915
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Introduction / David E. Kyvig
Arranging for amendment: unintended outcomes of constitutional design / David E. Kyvig
Lost vision: the Bill of Rights and criminal procedure in American history / David J. Bodenhamer
The Twelfth Amendment / David P. Currie
Unintended consequences of the Fourteenth Amendment / Richard L. Aynes
Race, class, gender, and the unintended consequences of the Fifteenth Amendment / Mary J. Farmer and Donald G. Nieman
Short euphorias followed by long hangovers: unintended consequences of the Eighteenth and Twenty-first Amendments / Richard F. Hamm
The unintended consequences of the Nineteenth Amendment: why so few? / Suzanne M. Marilley
Afterword / David E. Kyvig