Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents
by Jack N. Rakove
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Ideal for introducing students to the conception and development of the Bill of Rights, this concise volume examines the Federalists' and Anti-Federalists' struggle over amending the Constitution while highlighting the relevance their debates have for modern-day issues. Rakove's lively narrative begins with a study of American roots in English common law, examines the heated discourse and thoughtful deliberation of the founders, and culminates with a close look at the evolution of rights show more distinctly American. Interspersed throughout are 25 primary documents - including letters, declarations, newspaper editorials, and debates - that embody and contextualize the issues. Also included are extensive gloss notes, a chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliography, and an index. show lessTags
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Jack Rakove is the William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and a professor of political science at Stanford University. He is the author of, among other books, Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997.
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- Canonical title
- Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents
- Original publication date
- 1998
- Important places
- USA
- Disambiguation notice
- Full title (1998): Declaring rights : a brief history with documents / Jack N. Rakove
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- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Philosophy
- DDC/MDS
- 342.73029 — Society, government, & culture Law U.S. Constitution - Bill of Rights, Amendments North America Constitutional law--United States Basic instruments of Government, the US constitution Constitutional history
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- KF4749 .R35 — Law Law of the United States Law of the United States (Federal) Constitutional law Individual and state Civil and political rights and liberties
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