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The Bill of Rights.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bill of Rights (San Diego, Calif.)
- The Bill of Rights
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil rights--United States--History.
- Civil rights.
- Constitutional amendments--United States.
- Constitutional amendments.
- Jury--United States.
- Jury.
- Jury--United States--History.
- Freedom of the press--United States.
- Freedom of the press.
- Freedom of the press--History.
- Freedom of speech--United States--History.
- Freedom of speech.
- Freedom of religion--United States.
- Freedom of religion.
- Freedom of religion--History.
- Punishment--United States.
- Punishment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (5 volumes) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Multi-volume series that highlights the living and breathing nature of the Bill of Rights. Traces evolution of the freedoms codified in the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution throughout American history to the present. Includes discussion and chronology of relevant Supreme Court rulings, as well as analysis of key controversies or perspectives. Secondary sources, including magazine articles and book excerpts, add an additional layer of analysis and commentary.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
- v. 2. Freedom of religion
- v. 3. Freedom of speech
- v. 4. Freedom of the press
- v. 5. The right to a trial by jury.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780737734560
- 0737734566
- OCLC:
- 144651438
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