The Bill of Rights in the Modern State

Although the Bill of Rights has existed for two hundred years, the last half century has seen dramatic changes in its meaning and scope. The essays collected in this volume represent the full range of views and interpretations of what these first ten amendments to the U. S. Constitution mean today as guarantors of individual rights.

The contributors to this volume are among the most prominent constitutional scholars in the country. Most of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226775321
• ISBN13: 9780226775326
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"