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Origins of the Bill of Rights / Leonard W. Levy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contemporary law seriesPublication details: New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, �1999.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585337993
  • 9780585337999
  • 9780300129021
  • 0300129025
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Origins of the Bill of Rights.DDC classification:
  • 342.73/085 21
LOC classification:
  • KF4749 .L488 1999eb
Other classification:
  • 86.52
  • 86.52.
Online resources:
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.
Summary: 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 James Madison and others who overcame fierce opposition to ensure the ratification of these crucial liberties.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-298) and index.

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 James Madison and others who overcame fierce opposition to ensure the ratification of these crucial liberties.

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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