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The Bill of Rights. Original Meaning and Current Understanding.
Eugene W. . Ed(S): Hickok
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Paperback. A collection of essays offering a comprehensive amendment-by-amendment, clause-by-clause account of the Bill of Rights' recent transmutation. The contributors explore the original meaning of the amendments, as well as the history, theory and practice behind those amendments. Editor(s): Hickok, Eugene W. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPVH; LND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 754.
This collection of essays offers a comprehensive amendment-by-amendment, clause-by-clause account of the Bill of Rights' recent transmutation. The essays are based on the assumption that to understand the Bill of Rights today, one must both understand the original meaning of the amendments and explore the history, theory and practice behind those amendments. The book suggests that the provisions of the Bill of Rights have been subjected to greater interpretative revision by the Supreme Court than other parts of the Constitution. It should be of interest not only to lawyers and law and political science students, but to anyone with an ... Read more
This collection of essays offers a comprehensive amendment-by-amendment, clause-by-clause account of the Bill of Rights' recent transmutation. The essays are based on the assumption that to understand the Bill of Rights today, one must both understand the original meaning of the amendments and explore the history, theory and practice behind those amendments. The book suggests that the provisions of the Bill of Rights have been subjected to greater interpretative revision by the Supreme Court than other parts of the Constitution. It should be of interest not only to lawyers and law and political science students, but to anyone with an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813913360
SKU
V9780813913360
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