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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
019510322X
ISBN-13
9780195103229
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features
Number of Pages
768 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Complete Bill of Rights : the Drafts, Debates, Sources, and Origins
Subject
Civil Rights, Constitutions
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science
Format
Hardcover
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2 in
Item Weight
54.3 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
9.5 in
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Scholarly & Professional
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96-046588
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"This wonderful collection offers one-stop shopping for the serious student of the Bill of Rights, for the casual reader, and for everyone in between."--Akhil Reed Amar, Southmayd Professor of Law, Yale Law School, "This wonderful collection offers one-stop shopping for the seriousstudent of the Bill of Rights, for the casual reader, and for everyone inbetween."--Akhil Reed Amar, Southmayd Professor of Law, Yale Law School, " . . .The Complete Bill of Rights contribute[s] significantly to ourundersranding of a towering constitutional document that plays a major role indetermining our national identity . . . "--Wisconsin Magazine of History, "...The Complete Bill of Rights is, by any reasonable standard of measurement, a magnificent accomplishment . . .[it] is likely to become the standard source book for those seeking to ground their examination of the issues posed by the first ten amendments in the original source materialsdescribing their drafting, discussion and ratification."--Michigan Law Review, "What a treasure. In one volume, everything any constitutional scholar,lawyer, or history buff needs to know about the origins of our Bill of Rights.Now the debate about how these amendments should be interpreted can reallybegin."--Alan M. Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor, Harvard LawSchool, "This book is an invaluable resource for constitutional scholars,teachers, litigators, and judges alike. It collects and collates the basic textsnecessary for informed interpretation of the Bill of Rights and gives them toresearchers in a compact, comprehensive, and reliable form that is wonderfullyorganized for both quick scanning and sustained critical analysis. It makespreviously difficult research tasks easy and opens new lines of thinking at aglance."-- Anthony G. Amsterdam, Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor and Director,Lawyering Program, New York University Law School, "Every reference library should have a copy."--The Law and Politics Book Review"All academic research libraries should buy this book."--Choice"For anyone interested in our Constitution, our history, or our political theory, this book is an intellectual treasure chest. It is more than legislative history. It is constitution-drafting in the raw--all the proposals and all the give-and-take (some of it disturbing) that resulted in the adoption of the Bill of Rights."--Floyd A. Abrams, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel"This wonderful collection offers one-stop shopping for the serious student of the Bill of Rights, for the casual reader, and for everyone in between."--Akhil Reed Amar, Southmayd Professor of Law, Yale Law School"This book is an invaluable resource for constitutional scholars, teachers, litigators, and judges alike. It collects and collates the basic texts necessary for informed interpretation of the Bill of Rights and gives them to researchers in a compact, comprehensive, and reliable form that is wonderfully organized for both quick scanning and sustained critical analysis. It makes previously difficult research tasks easy and opens new lines of thinking at aglance."-- Anthony G. Amsterdam, Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor and Director, Lawyering Program, New York University Law School"What a treasure. In one volume, everything any constitutional scholar, lawyer, or history buff needs to know about the origins of our Bill of Rights. Now the debate about how these amendments should be interpreted can really begin."--Alan M. Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor, Harvard Law School"The Complete Bill of Rights is a major occasion in American publishing. This volume will take its place on the reference shelf next to Farrand, Elliott, Storing, Kurland, and Lerner as essential to the understanding of the American constitutional tradition. Never before has it been possible to think seriously and completely about the text of the Bill of Rights, for never before have all of the texts relating to the final version of the Bill of Rightsbeen easily and accurately accessible in one reference work. This is a triumph of careful and thoughtful scholarship. It is now one of the essential components of the library of constitutionalism. It will never be out of date."--Stanley N. Katz, President, American Council of Learned Societies" . . . all students of the Constitution will find this a helpful and provocative work."--Pergamon" . . .The Complete Bill of Rights contribute[s] significantly to our undersranding of a towering constitutional document that plays a major role in determining our national identity . . . "--Wisconsin Magazine of History"...The Complete Bill of Rights is, by any reasonable standard of measurement, a magnificent accomplishment . . .[it] is likely to become the standard source book for those seeking to ground their examination of the issues posed by the first ten amendments in the original source materials describing their drafting, discussion and ratification."--Michigan Law Review, "For anyone interested in our Constitution, our history, or our politicaltheory, this book is an intellectual treasure chest. It is more than legislativehistory. It is constitution-drafting in the raw--all the proposals and all thegive-and-take (some of it disturbing) that resulted in the adoption of the Billof Rights."--Floyd A. Abrams, Partner, Cahill Gordon and Reindel, " . . .The Complete Bill of Rights contribute[s] significantly to our undersranding of a towering constitutional document that plays a major role in determining our national identity . . . "--Wisconsin Magazine of History, "What a treasure. In one volume, everything any constitutional scholar, lawyer, or history buff needs to know about the origins of our Bill of Rights. Now the debate about how these amendments should be interpreted can really begin."--Alan M. Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor, HarvardLaw School, "This book is an invaluable resource for constitutional scholars, teachers, litigators, and judges alike. It collects and collates the basic texts necessary for informed interpretation of the Bill of Rights and gives them to researchers in a compact, comprehensive, and reliable form that iswonderfully organized for both quick scanning and sustained critical analysis. It makes previously difficult research tasks easy and opens new lines of thinking at a glance."-- Anthony G. Amsterdam, Judge Edward Weinfeld Professor and Director, Lawyering Program, New York University LawSchool, "For anyone interested in our Constitution, our history, or our political theory, this book is an intellectual treasure chest. It is more than legislative history. It is constitution-drafting in the raw--all the proposals and all the give-and-take (some of it disturbing) that resulted in theadoption of the Bill of Rights."--Floyd A. Abrams, Partner, Cahill Gordon and Reindel, "...The Complete Bill of Rights is, by any reasonable standard ofmeasurement, a magnificent accomplishment . . .[it] is likely to become thestandard source book for those seeking to ground their examination of the issuesposed by the first ten amendments in the original source materials describingtheir drafting, discussion and ratification."--Michigan Law Review, "The Complete Bill of Rights is a major occasion in American publishing. This volume will take its place on the reference shelf next to Farrand, Elliott, Storing, Kurland, and Lerner as essential to the understanding of the American constitutional tradition. Never before has it been possibleto think seriously and completely about the text of the Bill of Rights, for never before have all of the texts relating to the final version of the Bill of Rights been easily and accurately accessible in one reference work. This is a triumph of careful and thoughtful scholarship. It is now one ofthe essential components of the library of constitutionalism. It will never be out of date."--Stanley N. Katz, President, American Council of Learned Societies
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Synopsis
The fundamental, inalienable rights and privileges set forth in the Bill of Rights represent the very foundations of American liberty. The Complete Bill of Rights is a documentary record of the process by which these rights and privileges were defined and recorded as law.Neil H. Cogan incorporates all pertinent materials from the debate on the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Arranged in chronological order, the work presents eachclause in its finished form, and traces its development from its origins. Cogan presents every draft of the text and every documentary source, including state convention proposals, state, colonial, and English constitutional texts, sources in caselaw and treatises. He includes data from diaries andcorrespondence, pamphlets and newspapers, as well as the Congressional debates. He publishes, for the first time, each version of the drafts from the manuscript collections of the National Archives and Library of Congress. The result is the most detailed and useful record of the debate over the Bill of Rights available. Including the correspondence of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams among many others who debated the issues that theSupreme Court considers law today, The Complete Bill of Rights is the first and only comprehensive collection of texts essential to understanding the Bill of Rights. Organized in an accessible and practical manner, it is an invaluable tool for law students, judges, lawyers, and law clerks, as well asscholars of the law, history, and political science., This volume presents the most comprehensive collection available of source texts essential to understanding the Bill of Rights, arranged by provision and clause. It presents every draft of each amendment and every documentary source, including state convention and individual proposals; state, colonial, and English constitutional texts; state convention and newspaper/pamphlet debates; and case law and treatises., The fundamental, inalienable rights and privileges set forth in the Bill of Rights represent the very foundations of American liberty. The Complete Bill of Rights is a documentary record of the process by which these rights and privileges were defined and recorded as law. Neil H. Cogan incorporates all pertinent materials from the debate on the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Arranged in chronological order, the work presents each clause in its finished form, and traces its development from its origins. Cogan presents every draft of the text and every documentary source, including state convention proposals, state, colonial, and English constitutional texts, sources in caselaw and treatises. He includes data from diaries and correspondence, pamphlets and newspapers, as well as the Congressional debates. He publishes, for the first time, each version of the drafts from the manuscript collections of the National Archives and Library of Congress. The result is the most detailed and useful record of the debate over the Bill of Rights available. Including the correspondence of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams among many others who debated the issues that the Supreme Court considers law today, The Complete Bill of Rights is the first and only comprehensive collection of texts essential to understanding the Bill of Rights. Organized in an accessible and practical manner, it is an invaluable tool for law students, judges, lawyers, and law clerks, as well as scholars of the law, history, and political science.
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KF4744 1997
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