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The Bill of Rights: Its Origin and Meaning

Book by Irving Brant; Bobbs-Merrill, 1965

Subjects:

Civil Rights--United States, Liberty, United States--Constitution--1st-10th Amendments

Collections: History, Entire Library

THE BILL OF RIGHTS Its Origin and Meaning THE BILL OF RIGHTS Its Origin and Meaning IRVING...detailed provisions of the Bill of Rights. Here are the specific libertarian articles in the original Constitution: "The privilege...
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No State Shall Abridge: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights

Book by Michael Kent Curtis; Duke University Press, 1986

Subjects:

African Americans--Civil Rights--History, Slavery--Law And Legislation--United States--History, United States--Constitution--14th Amendment--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

This work focuses on the issue of whether the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was designed to bring the states under the provisions of the Bill of Rights. The author traces the origins of the Fourteenth Amendment and provides a comprehensive look into the lawmakers intent. He negates the ...
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This work focuses on the issue of whether the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was designed to bring the states under the provisions of the Bill of Rights. The author traces the origins of the Fourteenth Amendment and provides a comprehensive look into the lawmakers intent. He negates the recently emerging idea that the incorporation doctrine is based on shaky historical foundations.
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The War on Civil Liberties: How Bush and Ashcroft Have Dismantled the Bill of Rights

Book by Elaine Cassel; Lawrence Hill Books, 2004

Subjects:

Civil Rights--United States, National Security--Law And Legislation--United States, War On Terrorism, 2001-

Collections: Entire Library

...in the Bill of Rights. Ironically, these most cherished of American values were not a part of the original Constitution. The Bill of Rights came about primarily through the efforts of George Mason, Virginias delegate to the Constitutional...
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The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties: How the Court Has Protected the Bill of Rights

Book by Osmond K. Fraenkel; Oceana Publications, 1960

Subjects:

Civil Rights--United States

Collections: Entire Library

...following provisions of the original Constitution affect civil rights. Article I, Section 9. . . . The privilege of the writ of habeas...on the states. No bill of attainder or ex...was limited by the Bill of Rights, and that the attempted...
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Our Bill of Rights: What It Means to Me

Book by James Waterman Wise; Bill of Rights Sesqui-Centennial Committee, 1941

Subjects:

Liberty, United States--Constitution

Collections: Entire Library

...this year, 1941, of the original Bill of Rights should therefore be coupled...guarantees. But even the original Bill of Rights would have been a dead...life. In celebrating the original Bill of Rights now, we should celebrate...

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The Bill of Rights and the Emerging Democracies

Journal article by Jacek Kurczewski, Barry Sullivan; Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 65, 2002

Subjects:

Civil rights--Laws, regulations, etc., Constitutional history--Analysis, Constitutional law--Comparative method

Collections: Entire Library

...INTRODUCTION The modern bill of rights bears little resemblance to the original American renditions...that the creation of a bill of rights was a necessary part...several of the thirteen original American states already...
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Suggested Sources for Teaching About the Bill of Rights

Journal article by Ronald H. Pahl; Social Studies, Vol. 82, 1991

Subjects:

History--Study And Teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...are described. An appendix listing childrens literature related to the Bill of Rights is also included. The Bill of Rights: Its Origin and Meaning . 1965 . Irving Brant. Indianapolis, In diana: Bobbs-Merrill. Although dated in recent...
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How American International Lawyers Prepared for the San Francisco Bill of Rights

Journal article by Louis B. Sohn; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 89, 1995

Subjects:

International Relations--Periodicals

Collections: Entire Library

...LAWYERS PREPARED FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO BILL OF RIGHTS By Louis B. Sohn * Too...this essay tries to look at the origin of two less known contributions...Delano Roosevelt for a "second bill of rights," and defining more precisely the...
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How American Judges Interpret the Bill of Rights

Journal article by Norman Dorsen; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 11, 1994

Subjects:

Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Equality before the law--Litigation, Freedom of speech--Litigation, Judicial review--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...Constitution and Bill of Rights. III...resurrect the original meaning of...ascertaining "original intention...crabbed view of constitutional...sections of the Bill of Rights. To illustrate...Hand, The Bill of Rights 10-15 (Harv...Thayer, The Origin and Scope...
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Contemporary Theories of Rights

Journal article by William Hubbs Rehnquist; Stanford Law Review, Vol. 58, 2006

Subjects:

Civil rights law--Interpretation and construction, Functionalism (Social sciences)--Analysis, Pragmatism--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...the last resort of the few against the many. Henry Wallace, when be says that there has been too much emphasis on "Bill of Rights democracy," (4) and others who criticize "empty" political freedoms and rights, follow in this tradition. There exists...

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Father of the Bill of Rights: By Drafting the Virginia Declaration of Rights, on Which the U.S. Bill of Rights Was Based, George Mason Left a Legacy of Freedom for Future Generations

Magazine article by Jodie Gilmore; The New American, Vol. 21, August 8, 2005

Subjects:

Civil rights--Interpretation and construction, Civil rights--Virginia, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Mason, George--Social aspects, Mason, George--Social policy

Collections: Entire Library

...with this plan of action. The argument against adding a bill of rights to the Constitution centered around the following main...Rights are inalienable--that is, they are of divine origin and cannot be conferred upon a people by a document...
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The Founders and the 'Superintending Principle' - the Founders' Notion of Rights Is Tied to the Philosophy of Monotheism

Magazine article by Hadley Arkes; World and I, Vol. 18, February 2003

Subjects:

Constitutional interpretation, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Constitutional law--Religious aspects, Hamilton, Alexander--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Hamilton, Alexander--Political activity, United States Constitution, United States Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments, Wilson, James (Agriculturist)--Political activity, Wilson, James--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...obedience to the new government under the Constitution. The Bill of Rights drew, then, on the understandings associated with a...political philosophers assumed that political life found its origin in a contract, and it was particularly important for...
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Has Bill Clinton Made Appropriate Use of Executive Orders?

Magazine article by James E. Kennedy, Joel Hefley; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, August 10, 1998

Subjects:

Clinton, Bill--Evaluation, Waste in government spending--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...national origin, handicap...Joel Hefley of Colorado...appropriations bill which effectively...the basic rights of U.S. citizens...national origin as protected classes of federal employees...nations civil-rights laws, as...national origin, age, religion...the basis of behavioral...grant civil-rights protections...
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The Most Influential Black Person in Britain: Our Corespondent Clayton Goodwin Went to Meet Bill Morris, General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union, the Most Influential Black Person in Britain

Magazine article by Clayton Goodwin; New African, June 2002

Subjects:

Minority politicians--Behavior, Morris, Bill--Appreciation

Collections: Entire Library

...a united position on workers rights and reinforcing the view that...should be the authentic voice of workers in the UK, nor just...and usually they respond". Bill Morris has become so much part...influential men of whatever ethnic origin. His voice, the outlook which...
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Hillary and Bill: What Is the State of Their Union?

Magazine article by Michael Rust, Jamie Dettmer, Susan Crabtree; Insight on the News, Vol. 12, February 12, 1996

Subjects:

Clinton, Bill--Investigations, Clinton, Hillary Rodham--Investigations, It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Real estate developers--Investigations, Travel agents--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., Whitewater Development Corp.--Investigations

Collections: Entire Library

...House government-reform panel, Rep. Bill Clinger of Pennsylvania, who believes White...the first lady did not know "the origin of the decision to remove the White...review articles about childrens rights and pushed for educational reform...

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David Cameron's Bill of Rights

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 26, 2006

Subjects:

Human rights

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Rights. The drafting of the Bill would actually be done by "a panel of distinguished jurists and other...appear hamstrung by the Human Rights Act when it comes to safeguarding...terrorists to their countries of origin. He wants to make it more difficult...
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David Cameron's Bill of Rights

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 26, 2006

Subjects:

Human rights

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Rights. The drafting of the Bill would actually be done by "a panel of distinguished jurists and other...appear hamstrung by the Human Rights Act when it comes to safeguarding...terrorists to their countries of origin. He wants to make it more difficult...
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Bill of Rights Edited; (Editora[euro][TM]s Note: The National Press Club Has Taken a Strong Stand against Editing of the Free Speech Clause by the Con-Com as Noted by the Author.)

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 10, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...free speech clause of the Bill of Rights of 1787 first reached PI as Section 5, Paragraph 13 of the Philippine Bill passed by the US Congress on July...dictionary, but by considering their origin and the line of their growth." The...
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Cameron: My Bill of Rights Will Keep out the Terrorists

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 27, 2006

Subjects:

Cameron, David

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...controversial legislation with a new Bill of Rights, the first in British law for...sent back to their country of origin and may not even be detained...need a fundamental overhaul. The original Bill of Rights of 1689 is one of the basic documents...
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Tory Human Rights Bill 'Won't Tackle Terrorists'

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 27, 2006

Subjects:

Cameron, David, Human rights--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...be sent back to their country of origin and may not even be detained, because...public confidence in the concept of human rights - by allowing highly dangerous criminals...and replacing it with a "homegrown" Bill of Rights would, he said, enable...

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Civil Rights

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...color, race, religion, or national origin in places of public accommodation covered by...basis of sex. In 1965 the Voting Rights Act was passed, which placed federal...The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights (1989); L. W. Levy...
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Jefferson, Thomas

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the Constitution, particularly with the addition of the Bill of Rights. He failed to realize the power that conservatives had...group to which the present Democratic party traces its origin. An organization was developed, and the National Gazette...
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Canada

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Constitution Act, 1867.) The four original provinces were Ontario...acquired the vast possessions of the Hudsons Bay Company...the Official Languages Bill, which encouraged bilingualism...2000, Chretien won passage of a bill designed to make it harder...
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Parliament

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...cent. members of working-class origin (later organized into the Labour...being elected to the House of Commons. Concomitantly, the...contest over the financial bill of 1909 finally led Commons...Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...although Wilson fought for his original proposals, they were rejected...disarmament and in the engineering of the Kellogg-Briand Pact...that they violated individual rights, besides being extravagant and...effected. The governments "G.I. Bill" enabled many former servicemen...

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