Sources of our liberties : documentary origins of individual liberties in the United States Constitution and Bill of rights / edited by Richard L. Perry.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perry, Richard L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 456 pages )

Other Title:

Sources of Our Liberties

Place of Publication:

[Chicago] : American Bar Foundation, 1959.

Summary:

Primary documents from 1215 to 1791, and including Magna Carta, Ordinances of Virginia, Charter of Massachusetts Bay, Habeas Corpus Act, Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, and Declaration of Independence, among others.

Contents:

Magna Carta, 1215; Confirmatio Cartarum, 1297; The

First Charter of Virginia, 1606; Ordinances for

Virginia, 1618; Mayflower Compact, 1620; Petition

of Right; 1628; The Charter of Massachusetts Bay,

1629; The Charter of Maryland, 1632; Fundamental

Orders of Connecticut, 1639; Abolition of the

Star Chamber, 1641; Massachusetts Body of Liberties,

1641; Charter of Rhode Island and Providence

Plantations, 1663; Concessions and Agreements of

West New Jersey, 1677; Habeas Corpus Act, 1679;

Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, 1682; Bill of

Rights, 1689; Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges,

1701; Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress,

1765; Declaration and Resolves of the First

Continental Congress, 1774; Declaration of the

Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, 1775.

Constitution of Virginia, 1776; Declaration of

Independence, 1776; Constitution of Pennsylvania,

1776; Delaware Declaration of Rights, 1776;

Constitution of Maryland, 1776; Constitution of

North Carolina, 1776; Constitution of Vermont, 1777;

Constitution of Massachusetts, 1780;

Constitution of New Hampshire, 1784; Northwest

Ordinance, 1787; The Constitution of the United

States, 1787; The First Ten Amendments to the

Constitution, 1791.

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