CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS

The doctrine of incorporation, also called “The incorporation of the Bill of Rights” is the procedure through which the courts in the USA have employed parts of the U.S.A. Bill of Rights to the laws in the states. Towards the end of 19th century, the said Bill was only applicable to the federal government in the USA. However, after the development of the doctrine of incorporation, a number of provisions, which were originally a part of the Bill of Rights, are applicable to the local and ...