The Sixth Amendment
Subtitle: an illustrated history
By: Robert J. McWhirter
Contributors: McWhirter, Robert James, 1961-
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781945682063
Subjects: Constitutional history; United States; Civil rights
Other titles: 6th Amendment :
Description: "The Sixth Amendment guarantees the accused notice of the accusation, a court and witnesses for the defense. Something we take for granted today. But in writing the Sixth Amendment the drafters of the Bill of Rights were drawing on their knowledge of history and politics from ancient times, through the development of English common law, and its application in the British colonies. In this book you will find what that history was, who the actors in it were, and how our brilliant founders used that knowledge to underpin their work."--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: "Originally published in the United States as a chapter of Bills, quills, and stills: an annotated, illustrated, and illuminated history of the Bill of Rights"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-68).