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The modern effort to locate American liberties, it turns out, began in the mud at the bottom of Baltimore harbour. Diminishing the Bill of Rights examines the backstory and context of a decision that was a turning point in the development of our current conception of individual rights.

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According to the prevailing understanding, the Marshall Court's decision in Barron v. Baltimore (1833) was a straightforward, uncontroversial statement of constitutional law. In this thoroughly researched case history, William Mercer challenges that interpretation by bringing to light a broad debate among nineteenth-century jurists and legal commentators about the sources of rights - a debate that began before and continued long after Barron."" - Charles F. Hobson, author of The Great Yazoo Lands Sale: The Case of Fletcher v. Peck

Diminishing the Bill of Rights

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      Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
      Publication Date: 30/04/2017
      ISBN13: 9780806156026, 978-0806156026
      ISBN10: 0806156023

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The modern effort to locate American liberties, it turns out, began in the mud at the bottom of Baltimore harbour. Diminishing the Bill of Rights examines the backstory and context of a decision that was a turning point in the development of our current conception of individual rights.

      Trade Review
      According to the prevailing understanding, the Marshall Court's decision in Barron v. Baltimore (1833) was a straightforward, uncontroversial statement of constitutional law. In this thoroughly researched case history, William Mercer challenges that interpretation by bringing to light a broad debate among nineteenth-century jurists and legal commentators about the sources of rights - a debate that began before and continued long after Barron."" - Charles F. Hobson, author of The Great Yazoo Lands Sale: The Case of Fletcher v. Peck

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