"Rights of the People" is a history of American law and justice, written by Constitutional historian Melvin Urofsky. By focusing on the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution, and the legal interpretations, many of them written by America's finest jurists, that refined and expanded the Bill of Rights, Urofsky presents a history of the United States from the standpoint of individual liberty.

Introduction

The Roots of Religious Liberty

Religious Liberty in the Modern Era

Freedom of Speech

Freedom of the Press

Privacy

Trial by Jury

Rights of the Accused

Property Rights

Equal Protection of the Law

The Right to Vote

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