Gordon Lloyd, Margie Lloyd

The Essential Bill of Rights

Original Arguments and Fundamental Documents

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Produktbeschreibung

The Essential Bill of Rights: Original Arguments and Fundamental Documents provides the convenience of an affordable and accessible compilation of the original, essential documents and arguments that eventually led to the adoption of the Bill of Rights in the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9780761810766
• ISBN-10: 0761810765
• Artikelnr.: 20999229

Autorenporträt

Gordon Lloyd edited The Essential Antifederalist (University Press of America, 1985) and is Professor of Government at University of Redlands. Margie Lloyd is Visiting Assistant Professor at University of Redlands.

Inhaltsangabe

chapter 1 Preface chapter 2 Chapter 1: Common Law and Covenanting Traditions - Magna Carta
Virginia Charter
Mayflower Compact
Petition of Right
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Massachusetts Body of Liberties
Maryland Act Concerning Religion
New Jersey Concessions
Pennsylv chapter 3 Chapter 2: Elementary Books of Public Right - Second Treatise (John Locke)
Discourses (Algernon Sidney)
Cato's Letters No. 38 (Thomas Gordon)
Spirit of the Laws (Montesquieu)
Of the Original Contract (David Hume)
Commentaries (William Blackstone) chapter 4 Chapter 3: An Expression of American Mind - The Rights of the British Colonies (James Otis)
Rights of the Colonies (Richard Bland)
Rights of the Colonists (Samuel Adams)
An Election Sermon (John Tucker)
Summary Views (Thomas Jefferson)
Declaration a chapter 5 Chapter 4: A New and More Noble Course - Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution
New Jersey Constitution
Pennsylvania Declaration of Rights and Constitution
Delaware Declaration of Rights
Massachusetts Declaration of Rights
Memorial and Remo chapter 6 Chapter 5: We Have Errors to Correct - Articles of Confederation
Vices of the Polticial System
The Northwest Ordinance
Convnentional History of the Constitution chapter 7 Chapter 6: The General Voice Calls for a Bill of Rights - Federalists Defend Absence of a Bill of Rights
Federalist No. 84 (Alexander Hamilton)
Antifederalists Criticisms of the Constitution
Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention
New England and Virginia chapter 8 Bibliography chapter 9 Index