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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 James Madison and others who overcame fierce opposition to ensure the ratification of these crucial liberties
Print Book, English, ©1999
Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, ©1999
History
xii, 306 pages ; 22 cm
9780300078022, 9780300089011, 0300078021, 0300089015
40119892
1. Why We Have the Bill of Rights
2. Habeas Corpus
3. Bills of Attainder
4. The First Amendment: The Establishment Clause
5. The First Amendment: The Free Press Clause
6. The Right to Bear Arms
7. The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure
8. The Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination
9. Double Jeopardy
10. The Double Jury System: Grand and Petty
11. The Eight Amendment
12. The Ninth Amendment: Unenumerated Rights
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