The Bill of Rights

Hand, Learned

Published by Harvard University Press - Cambridge, MA, 1958

About this Item

Dark green cloth on boards with bright, as new gilt lettering to spine. Book is tight, square, particularly sharp-cornered and free of markings and flaws inside and out. Fine or better. Unclipped Dust Jacket shows original price of $2.50 and is simple and bright, with dark grey background, sharp yellow lettering to front, b/w author photo on verso. Spine unfaded. Near Fine or better with very little scuffing or shelfwear. Learned Hand (1872-1961) was a judge of the US Southern District of New York for 20 years and then a judge on the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals for 32 more years. The Bill of Rights is the published version of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures delivered at Harvard University in 1958. This influential book discusses the propriety of judicial efforts to expand the scope of the first ten amendments. It has three chapters, "When a Court Should Intervene," "The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments" and "The Guardians." Scarce in this Fine condition. 79pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bill of Rights
• Publisher: Harvard University Press - Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 1958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
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