Table of Contents

Acknowledgments1 Introduction 2 Congress and Rights before the Civil War 3 Belonging, Protection, and Equality: The Reconstruction Congress 4 Belonging and Social Citizenship: The New Deal and the Wagner Act 5 To Secure These Rights: The 1964 Civil Rights Act 6 The New Parity Debate 7 Rights of Belonging and Popular Constitutionalism 8 Considering Rights of Belonging, Moral Values, and Community Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

About the Author

Rebecca E. Zietlow is professor of law at the University of Toledo College of Law.

Reviews

"Zietlow's work turns scholarship in this area on its head. This provocative book will prove of interest to a very wide audience." --Choice"Zietlow performs a valuable service in probing the belief that courts are, by historical tradition, and institutional design, better protectors of minority rights than a legislative body such as Congress." --Reva Siegel, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor of Law, Yale Law School"This book breaks new ground in the study of equality rights in America and will interest any reader seeking more than the conventional wisdom."--Harvard Law Review