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Vile, John R.

A companion to the United States Constitution and its amendments / John R. Vile. - 1 online resource (xvi, 221 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. The Background of the Constitution -- Ch. 2. The Preamble and Article I: The Legislative Branch -- Ch. 3. Article II: The Executive Branch -- Ch. 4. Article III: The Judicial Branch -- Ch. 5. Article IV: The Federal System -- Ch. 6. Articles V-VII: The Amending Provision and Miscellaneous Matters -- Ch. 7. The Bill of Rights -- The First Three Amendments -- Ch. 8. The Bill of Rights and the Rights of the Accused -- Amendments 4-7 -- Ch. 9. The Bill of Rights and Contemporary Amendments -- Amendments 8-12 -- Ch. 10. The Post-Civil War Amendments -- Amendments 13-15 -- Ch. 11. The Progressive Era Amendments -- Amendments 16-19 -- Ch. 12. The Other Amendments -- Amendments 20-27 -- Appendix: The Constitution of the United States.

ISBN: 9798216063858

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Constitution.
USA 1787 The United States Constitution

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Constitution (United States)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Constitutional law--United States.
Constitutional law.
Grondwetten.
Constitutional law--United States.
Constitutions--United States.
Constitutional amendments--United States.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.
USA--Verfassung (1787)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
constitutions.
Constitutions.
Constitutions.
Constitutions.

LC Class. No.: KF4550 / .V55 1993eb

Dewey Class. No.: 342.73

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 342.5(73) 342(73) 342.4(73)