The South's role in the creation of the Bill of Rights : essays /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Porter L. Fortune Chancellor's Symposium on Southern History
Other Authors: Greene, Jack P., Haws, Robert J.
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2009?], ©1991.
Subjects:
Slavery > Law and legislation > Southern States > History.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History.
Civil rights > Southern States > History.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Civil rights.
Slavery > Law and legislation.
Southern States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Constitution of 1787 and the question of southern distinctiveness / Jack P. Greene
  • Natural rights, bills of rights, and the people's rights in Virginia constitutional discourse, 1787-1791 / David Thomas Konig
  • The "amending fathers" and the Constitution : changing perceptions of home rule and who should rule at home / Edward C. Papenfuse, Jr.
  • Oral and written cultures : North Carolina and the Constitution, 1787-1791 / Walter F. Pratt, Jr.
  • "The good old cause" : the ratification of the Constitution and Bill of Rights in South Carolina / James W. Ely, Jr.
  • Constitutional silences : Georgia, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights : a historical test of originalism / Peter Charles Hoffer.

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