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Contexts of the Bill of Rights / edited by Stephen L. Schechter and Richard B. Bernstein.

Title
Contexts of the Bill of Rights / edited by Stephen L. Schechter and Richard B. Bernstein.
Publication
Albany, NY : New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, ©1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Schechter, Stephen L., 1945-
  • Bernstein, Richard B., 1956-
  • New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution.
Description
xxii, 157 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Writings seeking to understand the origins & original meanings of the Bill of Rights.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Foreword / Chief Judge Sol Wachtler, Chairman New York State Bicentennial Commission -- Editors' introduction: restoring the contexts of the Bill of Rights / Stephen L. Schechter and Richard B. Bernstein -- The U.S. Bill of Rights in historical perspective / Donald S. Lutz -- The making of the Bill of Rights: 1787-1792 / John P. Kaminski -- The Bill of Rights: a bibliographic essay / Gaspare J. Saladino -- Appendix -- Augustine Davis / Thomas E. Burke -- The ratifications of the new foederal constitution together with the amendments, proposed by the several states (1788) / printed by Aug. Davis -- Author-editor index to bibliographic essay -- Index -- Contributors.
ISBN
  • 0945660049
  • 9780945660040
LCCN
90005550
OCLC
  • 21118797
  • SCSB-10273537
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library