Origins of the Bill of Rights
- Title
- Origins of the Bill of Rights / Leonard W. Levy.
- Published by
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c1999.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xii, 306 p.; 22 cm.
- Series statement
- Contemporary law series
- Subject
- United States. > History
- Civil rights > United States > History
- Civil rights > United States
- Constitutional history > United States
- Constitutional amendments > Scotland > History
- Droits de l'homme > Etats-Unis > Histoire
- Etats-Unis > Histoire constitutionnelle
- Etats-Unis > Constitution > Amendements (01er-10e) > Histoire
- 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 keep and 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 eighth amendment -- The ninth amendment: unenumerated rights.
- Call number
- IBD 01-4128
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-298) and index.
- Author
- Levy, Leonard Williams, 1923-
- Title
- Origins of the Bill of Rights / Leonard W. Levy.
- Imprint
- New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c1999.
- Series
- Contemporary law series
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-298) and index.
- LCCN
- 98044965
- ISBN
- 0300078021 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Research call number
- IBD 01-4128