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Online-Ressource (193 p.)
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9781604732627
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The adoption of the Bill of Rights was the last step in defining the essential elements of American constitutionalism. The process began with the writing of the Constitution, continued through its ratification by the states, and culminated with the adoption of the Bill of Rights. In 1991 the bicentennial of the adoption of the Bill of Rights provided an occasion for examining the origins of this most important statement of individual rights in American history. Published on this anniversary, The South's Role in the Creation of the Bill of Rights sheds light on the paradoxical part the South pl
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; The Constitution of 1787 and the Question of Southern Distinctiveness; Natural Rights, Bills of Rights, and the People's Rights in Virginia Constitutional Discourse, 1787-1791; The "Amending Fathers" and the Constitution: Changing Perceptions of Home Rule and Who Should Rule at Home; Oral and Written Cultures: North Carolina and the Constitution, 1787-1791; "The Good Old Cause": The Ratification of the Constitution and Bill of Rights in South Carolina; Constitutional Silences: Georgia, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights-A Historical Test of Originalism
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NotesContributors; Index;
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ISBN 9781617030765
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ISBN 9781604732627
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The South's Role in the Creation of the Bill of Rights
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Englisch
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