TY - GEN T1 - Origins of the Bill of Rights T2 - Contemporary law series. A1 - Levy, Leonard W. (Leonard Williams), 1923-2006 LA - English PP - New Haven, Conn. PB - Yale University Press YR - 1999 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm45844501 AB - In this history of the origins of the Bill of Rights, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Leonard W. Levy offers a panoramic view of the liberties secured by the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Levy illuminates the behind-the-scenes maneuverings, public rhetoric, and political motivations of James Madison and others who overcame fierce opposition to ensure the ratification of these crucial liberties. OP - 306 CN - KF4749 .L488 1999eb SN - 0585337993 SN - 9780585337999 SN - 9780300129021 SN - 0300129025 SN - 9780300078022 SN - 0300078021 SN - 0300089015 SN - 9780300089011 KW - United States. : Constitution. : 1st-10th Amendments : History. KW - Constitution (United States) KW - Civil rights : United States : History. KW - Droits de l'homme : États-Unis : Histoire. KW - LAW : Constitutional. KW - LAW : Public. KW - Civil rights KW - United States KW - Grondrechten. KW - Bill of Rights (Verenigde Staten) KW - Verenigde Staten. KW - Droits de l'homme : Etats-Unis : Histoire. KW - Etats-Unis : Histoire constitutionnelle. KW - Etats-Unis : Constitution : Amendements (01er-10e) : Histoire. KW - History ER -