Constitutional Opinions: Aspects of the Bill of Rights

Abstract

This collection of essays spans the entire course of American history, focusing primarily on colonial America and the constitutional period. The author covers a broad range of subjects, including free speech in the 17th century, John Lilburne and the rights of the English, Quaker blasphemy and toleration, the Zenger case, the First and Fifth Amendments, Jefferson as civil libertarian, and judicial activism. Levy's previously unpublished works offer new discussions of the history of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the establishment of the First Amendment, and the right against self-incrimination.