The Rights Retained by the People: The History and Meaning of the Ninth Amendment (Volume 1) - Softcover

Barnett, Randy E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0913969370 ISBN 13: 9780913969373

Publisher: Univ Publ Assn, 1991

Synopsis

This anthology of scholarship by distinguished legal academicians on the Ninth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution comes at a time when interest in the Ninth Amendment is on the rise. The Rights Retained by the People brings together in one volume the critical writings on the Ninth Amendment, from the first published article (1936) to several important articles published in the 1980s. This invaluable anthology is an essential addition to constitutional law collections.
Contributors: James Madison, Edward S. Corwin, Knowlton H. Kelsey, Bennett B. Patterson, Norman Redlich, Eugene M. Van Loan, III, Randy E. Barnett, John Hart Ely, Raoul Berger, Simeon C.R. McIntosh, Russell L. Caplan, Calvin R. Massey, and Charles L. Black, Jr. Co-published with the Cato Institute.

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Review:

The Ninth Amendment is 'forgotten' no more....This is certainly the book I will turn to first in my own work. (Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Southern Economic Journal)

A treasure for historians, legal scholars, philosophers, and concerned citizens. (Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals Southern Economic Journal)

This book is valuable, not only for its historical content, but as a legal guide. (Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals Chalcedon Report)

Randy Barnett has gathered a compelling set of readings to convince us that the Ninth Amendment is not gone and that it should not be forgotten. (Southern Economic Journal)

Randy Barnett has gathered a compelling set of readings to convince us that the Ninth Amendment is not gone and that it should not be forgotten. (Southern Economic Journal)

The Ninth Amendment is 'forgotten' no more....This is certainly the book I will turn to first in my own work. (Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Southern Economic Journal)

A treasure for historians, legal scholars, philosophers, and concerned citizens. (Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals Southern Economic Journal)

This book is valuable, not only for its historical content, but as a legal guide. (Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals Chalcedon Report)

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Publ Assn
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0913969370
• ISBN 13: 9780913969373
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350