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The complete Bill of Rights : the drafts, debates, sources, and origins / edited by Neil H. Cogan.

Cogan, Neil H. (Neil Howard), 1944- (Added Author).

Summary:

From the Publisher: The fundamental, inalienable rights and privileges set forth in the Bill of Rights represent the very foundations of American liberty. The Complete Bill of Rights is a documentary record of the process by which these rights and privileges were defined and recorded as law. Neil H. Cogan incorporates all pertinent materials from the debate on the ratification of the Bill of Rights. Arranged in chronological order, the work presents each clause in its finished form, and traces its development from its origins. Cogan presents every draft of the text and every documentary source, including state convention proposals, state, colonial, and English constitutional texts, sources in case law and treatises. He includes data from diaries and correspondence, pamphlets and newspapers, as well as the Congressional debates. He publishes, for the first time, each version of the drafts from the manuscript collections of the National Archives and Library of Congress. The result is the most detailed and useful record of the debate over the Bill of Rights available. Including the correspondence of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams among many others who debated the issues that the Supreme Court considers law today, The Complete Bill of Rights is the first and only comprehensive collection of texts essential to understanding the Bill of Rights. Organized in an accessible and practical manner, it is an invaluable tool for law students, judges, lawyers, and law clerks, as well as scholars of the law, history, and political science.

Record details

ISBN: 019510322X
ISBN: 9780195103229
Physical Description: lx, 708 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages li-liv).

Formatted Contents Note:

Abbreviations of sources -- Preface -- 1: Amendment 1: Establishment And Free Exercise Clauses -- Texts -- Proposals from the State conventions -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newpapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- 2: Amendment 1: Free Speech And Free Press Clauses -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- Discussion of rights -- Caselaw -- 3: Amendment 1: Assembly And Petition Clauses -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- 4: Amendment 2: Keep And Bear Arms Clause -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- Discussion of rights -- treatises -- Caselaw -- 5: Amendment 3: Quartering Soldiers Clause -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- 6: Amendment 4: Search And Seizure Clause -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- Caselaw -- 7: Amendment 5: Grand Jury Clause -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- Caselaw -- 8: Amendment 5: Double Jeopardy Clause -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- Caselaw -- 9: Amendment 5: Self-Incrimination Clause -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- Caselaw -- 10: Amendment 5: Due Process Clause -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- Caselaw -- 11: Amendment 5: Takings Clause -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- Caselaw -- 12: Amendment 6: Criminal Trial Clauses -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- Caselaw -- 13: Amendment 7: Civil Jury Trial Clauses -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- Caselaw -- 14: Amendment 8: Bail/Punishment Clauses -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- Caselaw -- 15: Amendment 9: Unenumerated Rights Clause -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- 16: Amendment 10: Reservation Of Powers Clause -- Texts -- Drafts in First Congress -- Proposals from the State Conventions -- State Constitutions and laws: Colonial charters and laws -- Other texts -- Discussion of drafts and proposals -- First Congress -- State Conventions -- Philadelphia Convention -- Newspapers and pamphlets -- Letters and diaries -- Discussion of rights -- Treatises -- Appendix: Bill of Rights.