{"product_id":"the-slaughterhouse-cases-ronald-m-labbe-9780700614097","title":"The Slaughterhouse Cases: Regulation, Reconstruction, and the Fourteenth Amendment?abridged Edition","description":"The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, sought to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves; but its first important test did not arise until five years later. That test centered on a vitriolic dispute among the white butchers of mid-Reconstruction New Orleans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe rough-and-tumble world of nineteenth-century New Orleans was a sanitation nightmare, with the city's slaughterhouses dumping animal remains into local backwaters. When Louisiana authorized a monopoly slaughterhouse to bring about sanitation reform, many independent butchers felt disenfranchised. Framing their case as an infringement of rights protected by the new amendment, they flooded the lower courts with nearly 300 suits. The surviving cases that reached the U.S. Supreme Court pitted the butchers' right to labor against the state's \"police power\" to regulate public health. The result was a controversial decision that for the first time addressed the meaning and import of the Fourteenth Amendment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpeaking for the majority in the Court's 5-4 decision, Justice Samuel F. Miller upheld the state's actions as a fair use of its \"police power.\" He also argued that the Fourteenth Amendment was intended exclusively as a means of protecting and redressing the suffering of former slaves. The result was a very restricted interpretation of the amendment's \"privileges and immunities,\" \"due process,\" and \"equal protection\" clauses. In striking contrast, the minority, led by Justices Stephen Field and Joseph Bradley, claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment had been intended to apply to all Americans, not just former slaves, and therefore protected the butchers' right to labor in their chosen profession. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngagingly written and concisely crafted for students and general readers, this newly abridged edition provides a very accessible guide to one of the Supreme Court's most famous cases.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald M. Labbe,Jonathan Lurie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0700614095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780700614097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kansas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 6.08w x 0.61d","brand":"Ronald M. Labbe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483638083839,"sku":"9780700614097","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_08f2602d-a139-4f3c-a6e5-a968f619a1fd.jpg?v=1778039695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-slaughterhouse-cases-ronald-m-labbe-9780700614097","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}