Sources of our liberties : documentary origins of individual liberties in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Illinois :
American Bar Foundation,
[1959]
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| Series: | World constitutions illustrated.
Prestatehood legal materials. Civil rights and social justice. |
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Table of Contents:
- Magna Carta, 1215; Confirmatio Cartarum, 1297; The First Charter of Virginia, 1606; Ordinances for Virginia, 1618; Mayflower Compact, 1620; Petition of Right; 1628; The Charter of Massachusetts Bay, 1629; The Charter of Maryland, 1632; Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639; Abolition of the Star Chamber, 1641; Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641; Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1663; Concessions and Agreements of West New Jersey, 1677; Habeas Corpus Act, 1679; Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, 1682; Bill of Rights, 1689; Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges, 1701; Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress, 1765; Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, 1774; Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, 1775; Constitution of Virginia, 1776; Declaration of Independence, 1776; Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1776; Delaware Declaration of Rights, 1776; Constitution of Maryland, 1776; Constitution of North Carolina, 1776; Constitution of Vermont, 1777; Constitution of Massechusetts, 1780; Constitution of New Hampshire, 1784; Northwest Ordinance, 1787; The Constitution of the United States, 1787; The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution, 1791.