Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents

Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents
ISBN-10
0312137346
ISBN-13
9780312137342
Category
History
Pages
217
Language
English
Published
1997-10-15
Publisher
Bedford/St. Martin's
Author
Jack N. Rakove

Description

Questions about the original meaning of the Bill of Rights remain a source of active concern and controversy in the twenty-first century. In order to help students consider the intentions of the first Constitutional amendments and the significance of declaring rights, Jack Rakove traces the tradition and describes the deliberations from which the Bill of Rights emerged.

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