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To secure the liberty of the people : James Madison's Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court's interpretation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kasper, Eric T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
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.
Table of 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.