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Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right against Self-Incrimination - Softcover

Levy, Leonard Williams

 
9780029195802: Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right against Self-Incrimination

Synopsis

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in history and a landmark in the study of constitutional origins, Leonard Levy's now-classic study appears in a new paperback edition. Origins of the Fifth Amendment probes the intentions of the framers of the Fifth Amendment and emphasizes their belief that in a society based upon respect for the individual, it is more important that the accused not unwillingly contribute to his conviction than that the guilty be punished.

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Review

A masterful job.--Oscar Handlin

A work of meticulous scholarship which makes the experience of centuries past relevant to the legal process of today.--Paul A. Freund

Vastly learned...everywhere critical and reflective...written with a style at once lucid and vigorous.--Henry Steele Commager

About the Author

Leonard W. Levy is formerly Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional History at Brandeis University and Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Professor of Humanities and History at the Claremont Graduate School. His other writings, many of which have also won awards, include The Palladium of Justice, Blasphemy, The Establishment Clause, Freedom of the Press from Zenger to Jefferson, Original Intent and the Framers' Constitution, and Jefferson and Civil Liberties. He lives in Ashland, Oregon.

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