TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levy,Leonard W.
TI  - Origins of the Bill of Rights
T2  - Contemporary law series
SN  - 0585337993
AV  - KF4749 .L488 1999eb
U1  - 342.73/085 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New Haven, Conn.
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Constitution
KW  - 1st-10th Amendments
KW  - History
KW  - Constitution (United States)
KW  - fast
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - LAW
KW  - Constitutional
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Public
KW  - Grondrechten
KW  - gtt
KW  - Bill of Rights (Verenigde Staten)
KW  - Droits de l'homme
KW  - Etats-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - ram
KW  - Verenigde Staten
KW  - Histoire constitutionnelle
KW  - Amendements (01er-10e)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-298) and index; 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
N2  - 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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