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The Great Rights of Mankind : A History of the American Bill of Rights / Bernard Schwartz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwartz, Bernard, 1923-1997, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law--United States--History.
- Constitutional law.
- United States. Constitution--1st-10th Amendments--History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 279 pages)
- Other Title:
- Great Rights of Mankind
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1977.
- Summary:
- This book follows the development of individual rights from the earliest English antecedents through their modern interpretations by the courts. - Publisher.
- Contents:
- English antecedents
- Colonial charters and laws
- Revolutionary declarations and constitutions
- Confederation and constitution
- State ratifying conventions
- The great rights secured
- The Bill of Rights in operation.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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