The Bill of Rights in Modern America
Revised and Expanded
Published on 2. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-253-21991-6 (ISBN)
Description
This newly revised and expanded edition of The Bill of Rights in Modern America captures the contentious national debate about the nature and extent of our individual rights. Free speech, the separation of church and state, public safety and gun control, property rights, the rights of criminals and victims, the limits of law enforcement, the death penalty, affirmative action, the right to privacy, abortion, states' rights-the Bill of Rights has been evoked as the legal basis for every one of these issues. Twelve distinguished legal scholars discuss the history of and the current debates on these and other important rights issues in a book that is certain to stimulate thoughtful discussion among all citizens.
Reviews / Votes
A collection of short and lively essays that make splendid reading for anyone interested in law or civil liberties [and] an excellent resource for stimulating and guiding classroom discussion. * The Journal of Southern History * A worthy contribution to the continuing debate over the meaning of the American Bill of Rights. * Choice * A worthy contribution to the continuing debate over the meaning of the American Bill of Rights. * Choice * "Knowledgably compiled and expertly edited ... a great masterpiece of discussion for any group."October 2008 * The Midwestern Book Review * A collection of short and lively essays that make splendid reading for anyone interested in law or civil liberties [and] an excellent resource for stimulating and guiding classroom discussion. * The Journal of Southern History *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-253-21991-6 (9780253219916)
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David J. Bodenhamer | James W. Ely
The Bill of Rights in Modern America
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Persons
David J. Bodenhamer is Professor of History and Executive Director of the Polis Center at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. He is author or editor of several books and more than thirty book chapters and journal articles. He lives in Carmel, Indiana.
James W. Ely, Jr., is Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law and Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. He is author of The Guardian of Every Other Right: A Constitutional History of Property Rights and American Legal History: Cases and Materials, among other works. He lives in Nashville,Tennessee.
James W. Ely, Jr., is Milton R. Underwood Professor of Law and Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. He is author of The Guardian of Every Other Right: A Constitutional History of Property Rights and American Legal History: Cases and Materials, among other works. He lives in Nashville,Tennessee.
Content
Contents
Introduction, James W. Ely, Jr., and David J. Bodenhamer
The Bill of Rights (and the Fourteenth Amendment)
Part 1. The Myth and Reality of Rights
1. Rights Consciousness in American History, Daniel T. Rodgers
2. The Explosion and Erosion of Rights, Gary L. McDowell
Part 2. Modern Rights in Controversy
3. The First Amendment and the Freedom to Differ, Suzanna Sherry
4. Church and State: The Religion Clauses, Melvin I. Urofsky
5. Public Safety and the Right to Bear Arms, Robert J. Cottrol and Raymond T. Diamond
6. The Enigmatic Place of Property Rights in Modern Constitutional Thought, James W. Ely, Jr.
7. Reversing the Revolution: Rights of the Accused in a Conservative Age, David J. Bodenhamer
8. Police Practices and the Bill of Rights, Laurence A. Benner and Michal R. Belknap
9. "The "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" Clause: A Limit on the Power to Punish or Constitutional Rhetoric?, Joseph L. Hoffmann
10. Equal Protection and Affirmative Action, Herman Belz
Part 3. Rights Remembered, Revised, and Extended
11. The Right to Privacy, Ken I. Kersch
12. Second Wind for the State Bill of Rights, Randall T. Shepard
Notes
Bibliographic Essays
List of Contributors
Table of Cases
Index
Introduction, James W. Ely, Jr., and David J. Bodenhamer
The Bill of Rights (and the Fourteenth Amendment)
Part 1. The Myth and Reality of Rights
1. Rights Consciousness in American History, Daniel T. Rodgers
2. The Explosion and Erosion of Rights, Gary L. McDowell
Part 2. Modern Rights in Controversy
3. The First Amendment and the Freedom to Differ, Suzanna Sherry
4. Church and State: The Religion Clauses, Melvin I. Urofsky
5. Public Safety and the Right to Bear Arms, Robert J. Cottrol and Raymond T. Diamond
6. The Enigmatic Place of Property Rights in Modern Constitutional Thought, James W. Ely, Jr.
7. Reversing the Revolution: Rights of the Accused in a Conservative Age, David J. Bodenhamer
8. Police Practices and the Bill of Rights, Laurence A. Benner and Michal R. Belknap
9. "The "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" Clause: A Limit on the Power to Punish or Constitutional Rhetoric?, Joseph L. Hoffmann
10. Equal Protection and Affirmative Action, Herman Belz
Part 3. Rights Remembered, Revised, and Extended
11. The Right to Privacy, Ken I. Kersch
12. Second Wind for the State Bill of Rights, Randall T. Shepard
Notes
Bibliographic Essays
List of Contributors
Table of Cases
Index