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18 produkter
American Founding
Essays on the Formation of the Constitution
Av J. Jackson Barlow, J. Jackson Barlow m. fl.
Inbunden, 1988
1095 kr
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Published to commemorate the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, this volume represents a unique combination of scholarship in the areas of political thought and political history. The papers collected herein examine the founding of the Republic from both perspectives, analyzing its intellectual …
Establishment Clause
Religion and the First Amendment
Häftad, 1994
528 kr
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Leonard Levy's classic work examines the circumstances that led to the writing of the establishment clause of the First Amendment: 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. . . .' He argues that, contrary to popular belief, the framers of the Constitution intended to …
Blasphemy
Verbal Offense Against the Sacred, from Moses to Salman Rushdie
Häftad, 1995
711 kr
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Leonard Levy traces the varied meanings of blasphemy throughout Western law. He argues that while past sanctions against the crime have inhibited all manner of cultural, political, scientific, and literary expression, we also pay a price for our extraordinary expansion of the scope of permissible …
Jefferson and Civil Liberties
The Darker Side
Häftad, 1989
148 kr
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In the most controversial analysis ever written of the apostle of American liberty, the distinguished constitutional historian Leonard W. Levy examines Jefferson's record on civil liberties and finds it strikingly wanting. Clearing away the saintliness that surrounds the hero, Mr. Levy tries to …
Lemuel Shaw
Chief Justice Of The Supreme Judicial Court Of Massachusetts (1885)
Häftad, 2008
310 kr
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Original Intent and the Framers' Constitution
E-bok, 2000
321 kr
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For more than two hundred years a debate has raged between those who believe that jurists should follow the original intentions of the Founding Fathers and those who argue that the Constitution is a living document subject to interpretation by each succeeding generation. The controversy has flared …
License to Steal
The Forfeiture of Property
Häftad, 2014
408 kr
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Leonard Levy traces the development and implementation of forfeiture and contends that it is a questionable practice, which, because it is so often abused, serves only to undermine civil society. Arguing that civil forfeiture is unconstitutional, Levy provides examples of the victimization of …
License to Steal
The Forfeiture of Property
E-bok, 2014
239 kr
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Leonard Levy traces the development and implementation of forfeiture and contends that it is a questionable practice, which, because it is so often abused, serves only to undermine civil society. Arguing that civil forfeiture is unconstitutional, Levy provides examples of the victimization of …
Establishment Clause
Religion and the First Amendment
E-bok, 2017
478 kr
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Leonard Levy’s classic work examines the circumstances that led to the writing of the establishment clause of the First Amendment: ''Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. . . .'' He argues that, contrary to popular belief, the framers of the Constitution intended to …
Original Intent and the Framers' Constitution
Häftad, 2000
266 kr
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For more than two hundred years a debate has raged between those who believe that jurists should follow the original intentions of the Founding Fathers and those who argue that the Constitution is a living document subject to interpretation by each succeeding generation. The controversy has flared …
Palladium of Justice
Origins of Trial by Jury
Häftad, 2000
201 kr
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Trial by jury is the mainstay of the accusatorial system of criminal justice. Here one of our most distinguished constitutional scholars, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Leonard Levy, brings his formidable skills to bear in tracing the development of what many great legal minds have called the Palladium …
Emergence of a Free Press
Häftad, 2004
218 kr
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What did "freedom of the press" really mean to the framers of the First Amendment and their contemporaries? This masterful book by a Pulitzer Prize–winning constitutional historian answers that question. In Emergence of a Free Press (a greatly revised and enlarged edition of his landmark Legacy of …
Ranters Run Amok
And Other Adventures in the History of the Law
Häftad, 2009
225 kr
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The Pulitzer Prize–winning constitutional historian Leonard Levy here collects eight of his most important essays of recent years. Written with his characteristic erudition, clarity, directness, and verve, these explorations into the history of the law are at once an entertainment and an education. …
Establishment Clause
Religion and the First Amendment
E-bok, 2017
478 kr
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Leonard Levy’s classic work examines the circumstances that led to the writing of the establishment clause of the First Amendment: ''Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. . . .'' He argues that, contrary to popular belief, the framers of the Constitution intended to …
License to Steal
The Forfeiture of Property
E-bok, 2014
239 kr
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Leonard Levy traces the development and implementation of forfeiture and contends that it is a questionable practice, which, because it is so often abused, serves only to undermine civil society. Arguing that civil forfeiture is unconstitutional, Levy provides examples of the victimization of …
Origins of the Fifth Amendment
The Right Against Self-Incrimination
Häftad, 1999
194 kr
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in history and a landmark in the study of constitutional origins, Leonard Levy’s now-classic study appears for the first time in paperback. Origins probes the intentions of the framers of the Fifth Amendment and emphasizes their belief that in a society based upon …
