Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]) and index.
Contents:
What is the Bill of Rights? -- Ancestry of the Bill of Rights -- How the Constitution and the Bill of Rights developed -- The father of the Bill of Rights -- Amending the Constitution -- The Bill of Rights in action.
Summary:
Traces the history of the writing of the first ten amendments to the Constitution, and examines each amendment's provisions and applications in detail.
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