The Bill of Rights: Original Meaning and Current Understanding

Eugene W. Hickok, Jr. (Author); Charles Rice, Paul Brest, Ralph K. Winter, et al. (Contributors)

ISBN 10: 0813913365 / ISBN 13: 9780813913360

Published by University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA & London, 1998

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487 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very minor shelf wear on front and back cover, crisp pages and clean text. Relevant newspaper article(s)/Clipping(s) included from previous owner.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bill of Rights: Original Meaning and Current Understanding
• Publisher: University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA & London
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813913365
• ISBN 13: 9780813913360
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: 4th Ppbk Printing 1998
• Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • American Studies, History, Politics & Culture
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Law, Jurisprudence, Legal Studies

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Synopsis

While recent years have seen a flood of literature on the Bill of Rights, this collection of essays, all by highly regarded constitutional scholars, is the first to offer a comprehensive amendment-by-amendment, clause-by-clause account of the Bill's recent sweeping transmutation.

The book confirms the suspicions of critics of judicial activism, suggesting that the provisions of the Bill of Rights have been subjected to much greater interpretive revision by the Supreme Court than other parts of the Constitution.

About the Author

Eugene W. Hickock, Jr. is Associate Professor of Political Science at Dickinson College and Adjunct Professor of law at the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.