Documents of American Constitutional and Legal History: Volume I
Subtitle: From the Founding Through the Age of Industrialization (Documents of American Constitutional & Legal History)
Contributors: Melvin I. Urofsky (Editor); Paul Finkelman (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: August 20, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780195128703
First sentence: When John Lackland was crowned king of England in 1199, becoming King John I, he made a series of promises to his barons pledging not to abuse his powers.