The heart of the Constitution : how the Bill of Rights became the Bill of Rights /

"This is the untold story of the most celebrated part of the Constitution. Until the twentieth century, few Americans called the first ten constitutional amendments drafted by James Madison in 1789 and ratified by the states in 1791 the Bill of Rights. Even more surprising, when people finally...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Magliocca, Gerard N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [UK] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Temas:
United States. > Constitution. > 1st-10th Amendments.
Constitution (United States)
Civil rights > United States > History.
Constitutional history > United States.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
LAW > Legal History.
HISTORY > General.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Civil rights
Constitutional history
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface: The Bill of Rights
  • Introduction: The First Bill of Rights Day
  • Chapter 1: Fighting the Crown
  • Chapter 2: Opposing the Constitution
  • Chapter 3: Drafting the Amendments
  • Chapter 4: Wandering in the Wilderness
  • Chapter 5: Reconstructing the Union
  • Chapter 6: Justifying Imperialism
  • Chapter 7: Defending The New Deal
  • Chapter 8: Attacking The Führer
  • Chapter 9: Reinventing Judicial Review
  • Chapter 10: Waging the Cold War
  • Epilogue: A Sacred Relic
  • Appendix A: The English Declaration of Rights (1689)
  • Appendix B: The Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
  • Appendix C: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  • Bibliography
  • Notes
  • Index.

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