Read The Fifth Amendment: An Illustrated History

The Fifth Amendment: An Illustrated History

Robert McWhirter

4.9/5 (11294 ratings)

Description:The Fifth Amendment packs a lot of rights into one paragraph; Grand Juries, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, right to due process and forfeiture of private property are all covered. We, as the public, are probably most aware of “Taking the Fifth” beloved of politicians and arch criminals alike. The idea of a person having the right not to be a witness against themselves has a very long history starting with Judaic law. That history is traced here traversing the Middle Ages and oath taking, the Inquisition, church courts and double jeopardy, the contest between common law and ecclesiastical courts, the use and abuse of self-incrimination in Tudor and Jacobean England and, finally, its interpretation in colonial America. All of this history and law informed James Madison when he drafted the Fifth Amendment, and Robert McWhirter here recounts that long arc and its influence. This lively account is written for the interested citizen, as well as the civics student, and there are surprising, and interesting, discursions into the way the events and personalities surrounding the Fifth Amendment have appeared in literature, film, sports and popular culture. The book is part of a collection chronicling the origins, history, and interpretation, of the first ten Amendments to the Constitution – the Bill of Rights.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fifth Amendment: An Illustrated History. To get started finding The Fifth Amendment: An Illustrated History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 45

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Constitution Press

Release: 2017

ISBN: 1945682051

Description: The Fifth Amendment packs a lot of rights into one paragraph; Grand Juries, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, right to due process and forfeiture of private property are all covered. We, as the public, are probably most aware of “Taking the Fifth” beloved of politicians and arch criminals alike. The idea of a person having the right not to be a witness against themselves has a very long history starting with Judaic law. That history is traced here traversing the Middle Ages and oath taking, the Inquisition, church courts and double jeopardy, the contest between common law and ecclesiastical courts, the use and abuse of self-incrimination in Tudor and Jacobean England and, finally, its interpretation in colonial America. All of this history and law informed James Madison when he drafted the Fifth Amendment, and Robert McWhirter here recounts that long arc and its influence. This lively account is written for the interested citizen, as well as the civics student, and there are surprising, and interesting, discursions into the way the events and personalities surrounding the Fifth Amendment have appeared in literature, film, sports and popular culture. The book is part of a collection chronicling the origins, history, and interpretation, of the first ten Amendments to the Constitution – the Bill of Rights.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fifth Amendment: An Illustrated History. To get started finding The Fifth Amendment: An Illustrated History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Fifth Amendment: An Illustrated History

The Fifth Amendment: An Illustrated History

More Books

Bills, Quills, and Stills: An Annotated, Illustrated, and Illuminated History of The Bill of Rights (Constitution Press)

Bills, Quills, and Stills: An Annotated, Illustrated, and Illuminated History of The Bill of Rights (Constitution Press)

The Citizenship Flowchart by Robert J. McWhirter

The Citizenship Flowchart by Robert J. McWhirter

Fixing the Framers' Failure, 13th, 14th, 15th Amendment and America's New Birth of Freedom

Fixing the Framers' Failure, 13th, 14th, 15th Amendment and America's New Birth of Freedom

The Third and Fourth Amendments: An Illustrated History

The Third and Fourth Amendments: An Illustrated History

The Criminal Lawyer's Guide to Immigration Law: Questions and Answers

The Criminal Lawyer's Guide to Immigration Law: Questions and Answers

The Ninth and Tenth Amendments: An Illustrated History

The Ninth and Tenth Amendments: An Illustrated History