Origins of the Bill of Rights /
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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New Haven, Conn. :
Yale University Press,
©1999.
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Series: | Contemporary law series.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.