The Bill of Rights (Paperback)

Eugene W. Hickok

ISBN 10: 0813913365 / ISBN 13: 9780813913360

Published by University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 1991

About this Item

Paperback. This collection of essays offers a comprehensive amendment-by-amendment, clause-by-clause account of the Bill of Rights' recent transmutation. The essays are based on the assumption that to understand the Bill of Rights today, one must both understand the original meaning of the amendments and explore the history, theory and practice behind those amendments. The book suggests that the provisions of the Bill of Rights have been subjected to greater interpretative revision by the Supreme Court than other parts of the Constitution. It should be of interest not only to lawyers and law and political science students, but to anyone with an interest in the ongoing interpretation of the Bill of Rights. A collection of essays offering a comprehensive amendment-by-amendment, clause-by-clause account of the Bill of Rights' recent transmutation. The contributors explore the original meaning of the amendments, as well as the history, theory and practice behind those amendments. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bill of Rights (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813913365
• ISBN 13: 9780813913360
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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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.