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Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Presents the Bill of Rights in both its original version and in a translated version using everyday language. Describes the events that led to the creation of the document and its significance through history"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
An introduction to the role of the Bill of Rights in the United States government, describing the rights and freedoms it grants to United States citizens in the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, and discussing the document's impact on world politics.
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
The U.S. Constitution is a living document; growing and changing with the society whose rights and laws it is designed to secure. This unique set provides a chronological history of the Constitution's seven articles and twenty-seven amendments to date, placing them in the context of the social, political, and judicial events that formed them, and examining contemporary issues and court cases in which constitutional interpretation plays a key role....
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution were written to safeguard individual liberties and limit government power. Was the Bill of Rights necessary, or did it open up a can of worms the framers didn't intend? Throughout the course of U.S. history, amendments have been subject to various interpretations, often to the point of contention. In this informative anthology, readers will be exposed to the complex issues of interpreting a document...