The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide

by Monk, Linda R.

• ISBN13: 9781930810082
• ISBN10: 1930810083
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Varsitybooks.Com

Summary

Describes the history and development of the first ten Constitutional amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights, and presents stories of the many people who have helped to keep it a living document.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(2)
A LIVING BILL OF RIGHTS	9	(2)
THE BIRTH OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS	11	(28)
The Idea of Rights	13	(8)
The History of the Bill of Rights	21	(18)
THE FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS	39	(180)
The First Amendment	41	(50)
The Second Amendment	91	(10)
The Third Amendment	101	(8)
The Fourth Amendment	109	(18)
The Fifth Amendment	127	(20)
The Sixth Amendment	147	(20)
The Seventh Amendment	167	(10)
The Eighth Amendment	177	(16)
The Ninth Amendment	193	(8)
The Tenth Amendment	201	(18)
BEYOND THE BILL OF RIGHTS	219	(28)
The Fourteenth Amendment	221	(26)
RIGHTS IN THE FUTURE	247	(2)
Glossary	249	(6)
For Further Reading	255	(2)
Case Index	257	(5)
Subject Index	262