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Author Kasper, Eric T.

Title To secure the liberty of the people : James Madison's Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court's interpretation / Eric T. Kasper.

Imprint DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, c2010.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  342.029 K153t 2010    ---  Available
Description x, 301 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-294) and index.
Contents The Supreme Court, the Bill of Rights, and James Madison -- Madison's conception of human nature -- Madison's multifaceted liberalism -- Madison opposes a bill of rights, then sees its strategic value -- Madison sees that a bill of rights can protect liberal freedoms -- Madison's system of rights -- Madison's vision of specific freedoms in the Bill of Rights -- The relation of Madison's Bill of Rights to our Bill of Rights -- Madison and the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Supreme Court -- Devotees of Madison on the Supreme Court -- Learners -- Inconsistents -- Name droppers -- Conclusions.
Subject Liberty -- History.
Madison, James, 1751-1836 -- Influence.
United States. Constitution 1st-10th Amendments -- History.
United States. Supreme Court.
Constitutional history -- United States.
Civil rights -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9780875804217 (cloth : alk. paper)
0875804217 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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