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Contexts of the Bill of Rights / edited by Stephen L. Schechter and Richard B. Bernstein.

Title: Contexts of the Bill of Rights / edited by Stephen L. Schechter and Richard B. Bernstein.
Publication: Albany, NY : New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, ©1990.

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Description

xxii, 157 pages; 22 cm

Summary

Writings seeking to understand the origins & original meanings of the Bill of Rights.

Subject

Genre/Form

Aufsatzsammlung.
History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Foreword / Chief Judge Sol Wachtler, Chairman New York State Bicentennial Commission -- Editors' introduction: restoring the contexts of the Bill of Rights / Stephen L. Schechter and Richard B. Bernstein -- The U.S. Bill of Rights in historical perspective / Donald S. Lutz -- The making of the Bill of Rights: 1787-1792 / John P. Kaminski -- The Bill of Rights: a bibliographic essay / Gaspare J. Saladino -- Appendix -- Augustine Davis / Thomas E. Burke -- The ratifications of the new foederal constitution together with the amendments, proposed by the several states (1788) / printed by Aug. Davis -- Author-editor index to bibliographic essay -- Index -- Contributors.

ISBN

0945660049
9780945660040

LCCN

90005550

OCLC

21118797
SCSB-10273537

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Harvard Library