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Schechter, Stephen L. – 1991
In the United States, the Bill of Rights is most often thought of as the charter that establishes individual rights in categories such as "freedom of expression" and "rights of the accused." In this essay it is argued that this conception of the Bill of Rights, while perhaps acceptable for constitutional law, does not provide…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Community Control, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law
