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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: The Nature of Rights
1. Rights Consciousness in American History, by Daniel T. Rodgers
Part II: Modern Rights in Controversy
2. The First Amendment and the Freedom to Differ, by Suzanna Sherry
3. Church and State: The Religion Clauses, by Melvin I. Urofsky
4. Public Safety and the Right to Bear Arms, by Robert J. Cottrol and Raymond T. Diamond
5. The Enigmatic Place of Property Rights in Modern Constitutional Thought, by James W. Ely, Jr.
6. Equal Protection and Affirmative Action, by Paul Moreno
Part III: Individual Rights and Public Safety
7. Reversing the Revolution: Rights of the Accused in a Conservative Age, by David J. Bodenhamer
8. Police Practices and the Bill of Rights, by Laurence A. Benner and Michal R. Belknap
Part IV: Emerging Rights
9. Privacy Rights in Modern America, by Adam D. Moore
10. The Rights of Non-Citizens, by Kunal M. Parker
11. The Coming Out of American Law, by Marie-Amélie George
Part V: State Constitutional Rights
12. Second Wind for State Bills of Rights, by Randall T. Shepard
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index