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The Bill of Rights in modern America : after 200 years / edited by David J. Bodenhamer and James W. Ely, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--United States.
- Civil rights.
- United States. Constitution--1st-10th Amendments.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. and expanded
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An expert guide to current debates on individual rights in America
- Contents:
- Rights consciousness in American history / Daniel T. Rodgers
- The explosion and erosion of rights / Gary L. McDowell
- The First Amendment and the freedom to differ / Suzanna Sherry
- Church and state : the religion clauses / Melvin I. Urofsky
- Public safety and the right to bear arms / Robert J. Cottrol and Raymond T. Diamond
- The enigmatic place of property rights in modern constitutional thought / James W. Ely, Jr
- Reversing the revolution : rights of the accused in a conservative age / David J. Bodenhamer
- Police practices and the bill of rights / Laurence A. Benner and Michal R. Belknap
- The "cruel and unusual punishment" clause: a limit on the power to punish or constitutional rhetoric? / Joseph L. Hoffmann
- Equal protection and affirmative action / Herman Belz
- The right to privacy / Ken I. Kersch
- Second wind for the state Bill of Rights / Randall T. Shepard.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780253000279
- 9780253219916
- OCLC:
- 476194215
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