To secure the liberty of the people
Subtitle: James Madison's Bill of Rights and the Supreme Court's interpretation
By: Eric T. Kasper.
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: DeKalb
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780875804217
Subjects: Madison, James, -- 1751-1836 -- Influence; United States. -- History; United States. -- Supreme Court; Constitutional history -- United States; Civil rights -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Supreme Court, the Bill of Rights, and James Madison; title: Madison's conception of human nature; title: Madison's multifaceted liberalism; title: Madison opposes a bill of rights, then sees its strategic value; title: Madison sees that a bill of rights can protect liberal freedoms; title: Madison's system of rights; title: Madison's vision of specific freedoms in the Bill of Rights; title: The relation of Madison's Bill of Rights to our Bill of Rights; title: Madison and the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Supreme Court; title: Devotees of Madison; title: Learners; title: Inconsistents; title: Name droppers; title: Conclusions.