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Book cover image of Essential Bill Of Rights by Margien Lloyd

Authors: Margien Lloyd, Gordon Lloyd
ISBN-13: 9780761810766, ISBN-10: 0761810765
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of America
Date Published: May 1998
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Margien Lloyd

Book Synopsis

The Essential Bill of Rights: Original Arguments and Fundamental Documents provides the convenience of an affordable and accessible compilation of the original, essential documents and arguments that eventually led to the adoption of the Bill of Rights in the United States.

	Preface
Ch. 1	The Common Law and Covenanting Traditions	1
	Magna Carta, 1215	8
	Virginia Charter, 1606	21
	The Mayflower Compact, 1620	28
	Petition of Right, 1628	30
	Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639	33
	Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641	38
	Maryland Act Concerning Religion, 1649	41
	New Jersey Concessions, 1676	44
	Pennsylvania Frame of Government, 1682	48
	English Bill of Rights, 1689	57
	Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges, 1701	61
Ch. 2	Elementary Books of Public Right	67
	John Locke, Second Treatise, 1694	71
	Algernon Sidney, Discourses, 1698	87
	Thomas Gordon, Cato's Letters No. 38, 1721	98
	Montesquieu, Spirit of the Laws, 1752	104
	David Hume, Of the Original Contract, 1752	118
	William Blackstone, Commentaries, 1765	127
Ch. 3	An Expression of the American Mind	137
	James Otis, The Rights of British Colonies, 1764	141
	Richard Bland, Rights of the Colonies, 1766	145
	Samuel Adams	149
	John Tucker, An Election Sermon, 1771	153
	Thomas Jefferson, Summary Views, 1774	159
	First Continental Congress, Declaration and Resolves, 1774	166
	Edmund Burke, Conciliation with the Colonies, 1775	170
	Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence	175
Ch. 4	A New and More Noble Course	183
	Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution, 1776	188
	New Jersey Constitution, 1776	196
	Pennsylvania Declaration of Rights and Constitution, 1776	202
	Delaware Declaration of Rights, 1776	215
	Massachusetts Declaration of Rights, 1780	218
	Thomas Jefferson and James Madison	224
Ch. 5	We Have Errors to Correct	233
	Articles of Confederation, 1781	238
	James Madison, Vices of the Political System, April 1787	246
	The Northwest Ordinance, July 1787	253
	Conventional History of the Constitution, Summer 1787	256
Ch. 6	The General Voice Calls for a Bill of Rights	277
	Federalists Defend Absence of a Bill of Rights	283
	Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 84, 28 May 1788	286
	Antifederalist Criticisms of the Constitution	291
	Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention, October-December 1787	301
	New England and Virginia Ratifying Conventions, January-June 1788	311
	Jefferson-Madison Correspondence I	319
	Jefferson-Madison Correspondence II	324
	Madison Argues for Constitutional Amendments, 8 June 1789	331
	Congressional History of the Bill of Rights, 1789-1791	344
	Bibliography	359
	Index	365