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The Bill of Rights / edited by Thomas Tandy Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--United States.
- Civil rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 volumes (xix, 719 pages)) : illustrations, portraits
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; [Amenia, New York] : Grey House Publishing, [2017]
- Summary:
- Provides a comprehensive survey of all aspects of the U.S. Bill of Rights; from its origins to its role in modern American history. Special attention is given to the organic relationship of the Bill of Rights to the original Constitution, its ongoing interpretation and incorporation by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the political and social issues it has spawned.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Overview of the ten amendments
- Historical topics and legal concepts
- Contemporary issues relating to The Bill of Rights
- Index to Volume 1
- v. 2. Court cases
- Appendixes
- Index to Volume 2.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781682175941
- 1682175944
- OCLC:
- 1020286089
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