With Liberty and Justice for All -The Story of the Bill of Rights
Subtitle: student text
Publisher: Center for Civic Education
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Calabasas, CA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780898181449
Table of contents: title: An introduction to the study of the Bill of Rights.; title: What do you know about the Bill of Rights?; title: Where are legal protections of your rights found?; title: How can studying the history of rights help you deal with contemporary issues?; title: Unit one : What did the Founders learn about rights from history and their own experiences?; title: How did our ideas about individual rights develop?; title: What influence did the ideas of the natural rights philosophers have on the Founders?; title: What did the Founders learn about rights from studying British history?; title: How did the differences between American and European society influence the Founders' beliefs about rights?; title: What rights were protected by the new states?; title: Unit two : How was the Bill of Rights created?; title: How were rights protected under our national Constitution?; title: What rights were included in the new Constitution?; title: Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?; title: How was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?; title: Unit three : How were the protections of the Bill of Rights expanded?; title: How well did the Bill of Rights protect individual rights before the Civil War?; title: What Amendments to the Constitution were added to protect the rights of African Americans?; title: How does the Fourteenth Amendment promote equal protection of the laws?; title: How should the effects of past discrimination be remedied?; title: How does the Fourteenth Amendment protect substantive due process?; title: How does the Fourteenth Amendment prohibit states from violating the Bill of Rights?; title: Unit four : What rights are protected by the First Amendment?; title: Why does the First Amendment prohibit the establishment of religion?; title: How does the free exercise clause protect your freedom of religion?; title: How does the First Amendment protect your freedom of expression?; title: How does the First Amendment protect your freedom of assembly, petition, and association?; title: Unit five : What rights are protected by procedural due process of law?; title: What is the importance of procedural due process?; title: How does the Fourth Amendment protect you from unreasonable searches and seizures?; title: How does the Fifth Amendment protect you against self incrimination?; title: How does the Sixth Amendment protect you from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishments?; title: Unit six : Who should be responsible for preserving and extending our heritage of individual rights?; title: How have unenumerated rights been identified and protected by the Supreme Court?; title: What have been the roles of Congress and the Executive Branch in protecting and expanding rights?; title: What can be learned from an international perspective on human rights?; title: What responsibilities do people have in preserving and extending rights?; title: Appendix.; title: Virginia Declaration of Rights; title: Declaration of Independence; title: Constitution; title: Universal Declaration of Human Rights; title: Glossary