LEADER 04103nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910822104003321 005 20240418002343.0 010 $a9786611729356 010 $a0-585-33799-3 010 $a1-281-72935-3 010 $a0-300-12902-5 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300129021 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713886 035 $a(EBL)3420343 035 $a(OCoLC)923592416 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282578 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11273199 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282578 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10317985 035 $a(PQKB)11019515 035 $a(DE-B1597)484955 035 $a(OCoLC)952734097 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300129021 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420343 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10210226 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172935 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420343 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713886 100 $a19981002d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOrigins of the Bill of Rights /$fLeonard W. Levy 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven, CT $cYale University Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary law series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-07802-1 311 $a0-300-08901-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 297-298) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tChronology -- $tONE Why We Have the Bill of Rights -- $tTWO Habeas Corpus -- $tTHREE Bills of Attainder -- $tFOUR The First Amendment: The Establishment Clause -- $tFIVE The First Amendment: The Free Press Clause -- $tSIX The Right to Keep and Bear Arms -- $tSEVEN The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure -- $tEIGHT The Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination -- $tNINE Double Jeopardy -- $tTEN The Double Jury System: Grand and Petty -- $tELEVEN The Eighth Amendment -- $tTWELVE The Ninth Amendment: Unenumerated Rights -- $tAppendix: Key Documents -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aAmericans resorted to arms in 1775 not to establish new liberties but to defend old ones, explains constitutional historian Leonard W. Levy in this fascinating history of the origins of the Bill of Rights. Unencumbered by a rigid class system, an arbitrary government, or a single established church squelching dissent, colonial Americans understood freedom in a far more comprehensive and liberal way than the English, Levy shows. He offers here a panoramic view of the liberties secured by the first ten amendments to the Constitution-a penetrating analysis of the background of the Bill of Rights the meanings of each provision of the amendments.In colonial America, political theory, law, and religion all taught that government was limited. Yet the framing and ratification of the Bill of Rights-in effect a bill of restraints upon the national government-was by no means assured. Levy illuminates the behind-the-scenes maneuverings, public rhetoric, and political motivations that led to each provision. The omission of a bill of rights in the original constitution presented the most serious obstacle to its adoption, despite Federalist claims that a bill of rights was unnecessary. Opponents of the Constitution claimed that inclusion of only some liberties-such as the right to habeas corpus and freedom from ex post facto laws-meant that all other liberties would be lost. But, Levy demonstrates, the people of the United States, aided by a persistent James Madison and by traditions of freedom, had the good sense to support both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. 410 0$aContemporary law series. 606 $aCivil rights$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aCivil rights$xHistory. 676 $a342.73/085 700 $aLevy$b Leonard W$g(Leonard Williams),$f1923-2006.$0245815 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822104003321 996 $aOrigins of the Bill of Rights$9942264 997 $aUNINA