How does the Constitution secure rights?This book explores the Constitution and how it provides for individual American rights. |
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How Does the Constitution Secure Rights? Robert A. Goldwin,William A. Schambra No preview available - 1985 |
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| Title | How does the Constitution secure rights? American Enterprise Institute Studies, 380 Volume 380 of AEI studies Constitutional studies A decade of study of the constitution American Enterprise Institute constitutional studies |
| Authors | Robert A. Goldwin, William A. Schambra |
| Editors | Robert A. Goldwin, William A. Schambra |
| Publisher | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 24, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0844735221, 9780844735221 |
| Length | 125 pages |
| Subjects | › › Civil rights Civil rights/ United States Constitutional amendments Law / Civil Procedure Law / Constitutional Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights United States |
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