The Bill of Rights : A User's Guide - Softcover

Linda R. Monk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1930810083 ISBN 13: 9781930810082

Publisher: Close Up Foundation, 2004

Synopsis

Describes the history and development of the first ten Constitutional amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights, and presents stories of the many people who have helped to keep it a living document.

About this title

About the Author:

Linda R. Monk, J.D., is a constitutional scholar, journalist, and award-winning author. A graduate of Harvard Law School, she twice received the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award, its highest honor for public education about the law. Her books include The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution, Ordinary Americans: U.S. History Through the Eyes of Everyday People, and The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide. For more than 25 years, Monk has written commentary for newspapers nationwide-including The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, and The Huffington Post.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the second female justice to be confirmed to the Supreme Court and the author of My Own Words.

About this edition

• Publisher: Close Up Foundation
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1930810083
• ISBN 13: 9781930810082
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 265