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Peer reviewedBodenhamer, David J. – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
Examines the origins of the U. S. Bill of Rights and constitutional guarantees, focusing on trial rights, tracing them to English antecedents and the colonial period. Explains changes in understanding and the application of trial rights, highlighting the U.S. Supreme Court's evolving influence since the nineteenth century. Outlines contemporary…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
