Our Rights

by David J. Bodenhamer

Book Overview

Designed for high school students and motivated lay readers, this book is an introduction to the rights held by American citizens under the U.S. Constitution as explored through a series of historical case studies. Each chapter uses dramatic narrative to illustrate a right in action. Most examples use U.S. Supreme Court cases to focus on a time when the right in question received its modern interpretation. Each chapter discusses how the right applies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195325672
• ISBN13: 9780195325676
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.9" x 8.4"