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[Leonard W. Levy] ✓ Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination ☆ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination "Vastly learnedeverywhere critical and reflectivewritten in a style at once lucid and vigorous. "A work of monumental scholarshipbroad in scope, thorough, carefully annotated, accurate, and imaginative."Political Science Quarterly. Origins probes the intentions of the framers of the Fifth Amendment and emphasizes their belief that in a society based upon respect for the individual, it is more important that the accused not unwillingly contribute to his conviction than that the guil
| Title | : | Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.56 (752 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566632706 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-18 |
| Language | : | English |
"Vastly learnedeverywhere critical and reflectivewritten in a style at once lucid and vigorous. "A work of monumental scholarshipbroad in scope, thorough, carefully annotated, accurate, and imaginative."Political Science Quarterly. Origins probes the intentions of the framers of the Fifth Amendment and emphasizes their belief that in a society based upon respect for the individual, it is more important that the accused not unwillingly contribute to his conviction than that the guilty be punished. All in all, it is quite clearly one of the important
More timely than ever Robert D. Harmon I read this in summer 2002 in its original 1969 hardcover (remaindered by a public library) and I am glad it's still available. Mr. Levy's book covers the period from Magna Carta to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution, and reveals that all the criminal rights, which we take too much for granted, didn't spring full-grown from the Founding Fathers' heads but evolved through 500 years of common law. (The Founding Fathers did capture it in written, not just traditional common law, however). The right against self-incrimination, to n. James E. Egolf said A Good Historical Account and a Warning. Leonard Levy' book title THE ORIGINS OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT is a valuable study of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constutition. As one reviewer noted the rights which are included in the Fifth Amendment have a long history which gradually became law and an important part of due process. In fact, readers should note that due process are part of the Fifth Amendment.Levy gives readers a solid, well written background of the Fifth Amendment. His treatment of a 500 year plus history of the Fifth Amendment gives a clear understanding t. Newton Ooi said One of our least appreciated rights. If you take a survey of Americans of what their most important right is, some would say the freedom of religion, others might say the freedom of speech, but how many would say the right to not incriminate oneself in a criminal trial. Few rights are so clearly illuminated by its definition as this one, yet it is so rarely appreciated. This book provides the history of this concept; the right against self-incrimination, from its roots in the late Middle Ages thru the its incorporation in the US Constitution, and the spread of its pr
(Oscar Handlin) . (American Political Science Review)A work of meticulous scholarship which makes the experience of centuries past relevant to the legal process of today. (Political Science Quarterly)A masterful job. (Paul A. Freund)Vastly learnedeverywhere critical and reflectivewritten with a style at once lucid and vigorous. A matchless contribution to our understanding of the historical background underlying the adoption of a major provision of the Bill of Rights. (Henry Steele Commager)A work of monumental scholarship&oa
He lives in Ashland, Oregon. . His other writings, many of which have also won awards, include The Palladium of Justice, Blasphemy, The Establishment Clause, Freedom of the Press from Zenger to Jefferson, Original Intent and the Framers' Constitution, and Jefferson and Civil Liberties. Levy is f
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