03596nam 2200661Ia 450 991045756710332120200520144314.01-283-27512-097866132751271-61703-076-7(CKB)2550000000049372(EBL)776538(OCoLC)755415622(SSID)ssj0000641415(PQKBManifestationID)11458690(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000641415(PQKBWorkID)10627952(PQKB)11349714(MiAaPQ)EBC776538(Au-PeEL)EBL776538(CaPaEBR)ebr10501965(CaONFJC)MIL327512(EXLCZ)99255000000004937220090126h20091991 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe South's role in the creation of the Bill of Rights[electronic resource] essays /by Jack P. Greene ... [et al.] ; edited by Robert J. HawsPrint-on-demand ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippi[2009?], c19911 online resource (193 p.)"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".1-60473-262-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 OriginalismNotesContributors; IndexThe 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 plSlaveryLaw and legislationSouthern StatesHistoryAfrican AmericansLegal status, laws, etcSouthern StatesHistoryCivil rightsSouthern StatesHistoryElectronic books.SlaveryLaw and legislationHistory.African AmericansLegal status, laws, etc.History.Civil rightsHistory.342.75/085347.50285Greene Jack P213282Haws Robert J901445Porter L. Fortune Chancellor's Symposium on Southern History(13th :1987 :University of Mississippi)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457567103321The South's role in the creation of the Bill of Rights2014857UNINA