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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457567103321

Titolo

The South's role in the creation of the Bill of Rights [[electronic resource] ] : essays / / by Jack P. Greene ... [et al.] ; edited by Robert J. Haws

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, [2009?], c1991

ISBN

1-283-27512-0

9786613275127

1-61703-076-7

Edizione

[Print-on-demand ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GreeneJack P

HawsRobert J

Disciplina

342.75/085

347.50285

Soggetti

Slavery - Law and legislation - Southern States - History

African Americans - Legal status, laws, etc - Southern States - History

Civil rights - Southern States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Earlier versions of the essays which comprise this volume were presented at the thirteenth Porter L. Fortune, Jr., Symposium on Southern History at the University of Mississippi in October 1987".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; The Constitution of 1787 and the Question of Southern Distinctiveness; Natural Rights, Bills of Rights, and the People's Rights in Virginia Constitutional Discourse, 1787-1791; The ""Amending Fathers"" and the Constitution: Changing Perceptions of Home Rule and Who Should Rule at Home; Oral and Written Cultures: North Carolina and the Constitution, 1787-1791; ""The Good Old Cause"": The Ratification of the Constitution and Bill of Rights in South Carolina; Constitutional Silences: Georgia, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights-A Historical Test of Originalism

NotesContributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The adoption of the Bill of Rights was the last step in defining the essential elements of American constitutionalism. The process began with the writing of the Constitution, continued through its ratification



by the states, and culminated with the adoption of the Bill of Rights. In 1991 the bicentennial of the adoption of the Bill of Rights provided an occasion for examining the origins of this most important statement of individual rights in American history. Published on this anniversary, The South's Role in the Creation of the Bill of Rights sheds light on the paradoxical part the South pl