Origins of the Bill of Rights
Language: English
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1999
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xii, 306 p.; 22 cm. Black and maroon cover with gilt spine title. Dust jacket. Part of the Yale Contemporary Law series. "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." -- dust jacket. Book and dust jacket in Fine Condition: clean and bright.
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- Title
- Origins of the Bill of Rights
- Author
- Levy, Leonard W.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press, New Haven
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0300078021
- ISBN 13
- 9780300078022
- Series
- Book 5 of 6: Yale Contemporary Law
- Seller catalogs
- American History, History & Politics
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Review
"[Levy's] informative arguments in this important work concern nature and the sources of the Bill of Rights within American democracy, providing understanding for both scholars and citizens. . . . A significant contribution to understanding the Bill of Rights; highly recommended."--Library Journal
"Levy's own keen historical account illustrates how legal concepts have changed over time."--Publishers Weekly
"Levy, who is best known for his study of the Fifth Amendment, looks beyond the intentions, explicit or implicit, of the men who drafted the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, to their precedents."--National Law Journal
"Leonard Levy has written a fascinating book that summarizes his previous studies of the origins of the Bill of Rights. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of the Bill of Rights or in the debates surrounding the ratification of the Constitution. . . . Origins of the Bill of Rights is an excellent book."--Ruth Ann Watry, Law and Politics Book Review
"Levy has distilled into a brief book a lifetime's study of the rights that Americans enjoy under the Constitution. If you have ever wondered, for example, why prohibiting a bill of attainder is important, he tells you in a way that you will remember. Levy shares his vast learning in an easily accessible style."--Josephine Pacheco, Key Reporter
"As a scholar, [Levy] is concise, eloquent, magisterial, and persuasive. . . . An excellent introduction to its subject. . . . Consistently fascinating and provocative. . . . Levy has thought harder and written more about the questions he addresses in Origins and Palladium than anyone else alive, and his reasoning and conclusions are always important. For those who would understand and extend the mixture of freedom and suppression that is our legacy, his work is not the last word; but it is a good place to begin."--Garrett Epps, American Prospect
"In his lively and robust Origins of the Bill of Rights, Leonard Levy once again explores the meaning of the Bill of Rights through the prism of history. The book is wonderful reading."--Rodney A. Smolla, William and Mary Quarterly
"[A] reference work of the first order. It records multiple voices of a bygone era, reflects on formative political impulses, and journeys into textual interpretation. Contemporary politicians and jurists would be well served to read this engaging book. In fact, we all would."--John Winkle, Rhetoric & Public Affairs
"[I]deal for use in undergraduate courses as an introduction to the origins of the Bill of Rights."--Roberta Sue Alexander, Historian
"The book is an excellent primer as to why a bill of rights was necessary in order to move from the status of natural rights to a situation in which a social compact governed interactions. . . . The overview the book provides on the whole Bill of Rights is illuminating and highly useful."--Communication Booknotes Quarterly
"Pulling together a lifetime of scholarship on liberty, Levy offers a vivid account of the various rights and freedoms that Americans care most deeply about."--Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School
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