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Palko v. Connecticut

Further Readings



  • Cortner, Richard C. The Supreme Court and the Second Bill of Rights: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Nationalization of Civil Liberties. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1981.
  • Mykkeltvedt, Roald Y. The Nationalization of the Bill of Rights: Fourteenth Amendment Due Process and the Procedural Rights. Port Washington, NY: Associated Faculty Press, 1983.
  • Stevens, Richard G. Frankfurter and Due Process. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987.

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Law Library - American Law and Legal InformationNotable Trials and Court Cases - 1918 to 1940Palko v. Connecticut - Significance, Supreme Court Announces A "fundamental Fairness" Test For Constitutional Limits On State Power