The Bill of Rights : creation and reconstruction /
Amar's landmark work invites citizens to a deeper understanding of their Bill of Rights and will set the basic terms of debate about it for modern lawyers, jurists, and historians for years to come. In our continuing battles over freedom of religion and expression, arms bearing, privacy, and... Full description
| Main Author: | Amar, Akhil Reed. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 1998 |
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| Contents: | First things first -- Our First Amendment -- The military amendments -- Searches, seizures, and takings -- Juries -- The popular-sovereignty amendments -- Antebellum ideas -- The Reconstruction Amendment : text -- The Reconstruction Amendment : history -- Refining incorporation -- Reconstructing rights -- A new birth of freedom. |
Place a Hold
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status |
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| Neenah | Adult New Nonfiction | 342.73085 Am13b | Due: 05/31/2013 |