Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
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Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
Questions about the original meaning of the Bill of Rights remain a source of active concern and controversy in the twenty-first century. In order to help students consider the intentions of the first Constitutional amendments and the significance of declaring rights, Jack Rakove traces the tradition and describes the deliberations from which the Bill of Rights emerged.
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