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Stivison, David V. – 1991
The roots of the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution, are examined in this document. Attention is directed to English law, specifically the Magna Carta and England's Bill of Rights of 1689, as providing much of the underpinnings for the U.S. Bill of Rights. The text of 15 articles proposed by anti-federalists…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Philosophy
