Origins of the Bill of Rights.

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Americans resorted to arms in 1775 not to establish new liberties but to defend old ones, explains constitutional historian Leonard W. Levy in this fascinating history of the origins of the Bill of Rights. Unencumbered by a rigid class system, an arbitrary government, or a single established church...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levy, Leonard W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1999.
Temas:
United States. > Constitution. > 1st-10th Amendments > History.
Constitution (United States)
Civil rights > United States > History.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Civil rights
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chronology
  • ONE Why We Have the Bill of Rights
  • TWO Habeas Corpus
  • THREE Bills of Attainder
  • FOUR The First Amendment: The Establishment Clause
  • FIVE The First Amendment: The Free Press Clause
  • SIX The Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  • SEVEN The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure
  • EIGHT The Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination
  • NINE Double Jeopardy
  • TEN The Double Jury System: Grand and Petty
  • ELEVEN The Eighth Amendment
  • TWELVE The Ninth Amendment: Unenumerated Rights
  • Appendix: Key Documents

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