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In this history of the origins of the Bill of Rights, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Leonard W. Levy offers a panoramic view of the liberties secured by the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Levy illuminates the behind-the-scenes maneuverings, public rhetoric, and political motivations of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levy, Leonard W. (Leonard Williams), 1923-2006 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, ©1999.
Colección:Contemporary law series.
Temas:
United States. > Constitution. > 1st-10th Amendments > History.
Constitution (United States)
Civil rights > United States > History.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Civil rights
Grondrechten.
Bill of Rights (Verenigde Staten)
Droits de l'homme > Etats-Unis > Histoire.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Etats-Unis > Histoire constitutionnelle.
Etats-Unis > Constitution > Amendements (01er-10e) > Histoire.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Why we have the Bill of Rights
  • Habeas corpus
  • Bills of attainder
  • The First Amendment: the Establishment Clause
  • The First Amendment: the Free Press Clause
  • The right to bear arms
  • The Fourth Amendment: search and seizure
  • The Fifth Amendment: the right against self-incrimination
  • Double jeopardy
  • The double jury system: grand and petty
  • The Eight Amendment
  • The Ninth Amendment: unenumerated rights.

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