Book contents
- The Second Founding
- The Second Founding
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Cover
- Introduction
- Part I Antebellum Law
- 1 Due Process of Law
- 2 Protection of the Laws
- 3 The Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship
- Part II From Abridgment to War and Ratification
- Part III The Modern Era
- Notes
- Index
3 - The Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship
from Part I - Antebellum Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2020
- The Second Founding
- The Second Founding
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Cover
- Introduction
- Part I Antebellum Law
- 1 Due Process of Law
- 2 Protection of the Laws
- 3 The Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship
- Part II From Abridgment to War and Ratification
- Part III The Modern Era
- Notes
- Index
Summary
This chapter surveys the legal history of privileges and immunities provisions, from early international treaties and the Wales Act of 1535–36 to the Articles of Confederation and the Comity Clause of the U.S. Constitution. It argues that these provisions were all antidiscrimination provisions: they did not guarantee any particular set of rights, but required equality in the provision of civil rights to those for whose benefits the privileges and immunities provisions were written.
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- The Second FoundingAn Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment, pp. 48 - 68Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020