<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This essay analyzes the response of one of America’s pre-eminent judges, Henry Friendly, to one of the most far reaching constitutional developments of his time and our time, the incorporation of the Bill of Rights into the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. In the course of addressing the issue, Friendly raised profound concerns about constitutional construction, federalism, the rule of law, and individual liberty that continue to resonate decades later.</p></abstract>

This essay analyzes the response of one of America’s pre-eminent judges, Henry Friendly, to one of the most far reaching constitutional developments of his time and our time, the incorporation of the Bill of Rights into the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. In the course of addressing the issue, Friendly raised profound concerns about constitutional construction, federalism, the rule of law, and individual liberty that continue to resonate decades later.

Henry Friendly and the Incorporation of the Bill of Rights

British Journal of American Legal Studies

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This essay analyzes the response of one of America’s pre-eminent judges, Henry Friendly, to one of the most far reaching constitutional developments of his...

Henry Friendly and the Incorporation of the Bill of Rights

Pubblicato online: 31 dic 2019

Pagine: 235 - 247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjals-2019-0012

Parole chiave
Incorporation, Bill of Rights, Friendly

© 2019 Thomas Halper et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Henry Friendly and the Incorporation of the Bill of Rights

Pubblicato online: 31 dic 2019

Pagine: 235 - 247

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjals-2019-0012

Parole chiaveIncorporation, Bill of Rights, Friendly

© 2019 Thomas Halper et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
Incorporation, Bill of Rights, Friendly