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from: Georgetown University Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 342.73029
EAN: 9780878401437
ISBN: 0878401431
Label: Georgetown University Press
Manufacturer: Georgetown University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 40
Publication Date: 2003-08
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Sales Rank: 117992
Studio: Georgetown University Press
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Book Description:
In one compact volume, the full texts of both the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA with all ratified twenty-seven amendments to the Constitution are side by side--along with another of America's seminal documents, Thomas Jefferson's VIRGINIA STATUTE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, an additional world-changing document that codified for the first time that one cannot be required by law to support or prefer any belief or be punished for those one does profess--and the basis for what we have come to know as the 'wall of separation' between church and state. Who we are and what we are free to be as citizens of the United States of America is contained between these covers. Enhanced by an index and suggestions for further reading, this volume, small in size but overwhelming in the impact of its contents, belongs in the home of every citizen of the United States.
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Rating: - Every American should have a copy
Every American should have a copy of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. The addition of Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom completes the collection superbly and is a timely and valuable article on what our founding documents' primary author really thought about the separation of church and state. Buy this and read it. You'll be surprised how much you didn't know. It also fits in a shirt pocket, so you can have it with you whenever you want.
Rating: - No analysis needed.
I found this through buzzflash.com, who was offering it as a premium. I ordered it for a book club I run at the local library. The Constitution is the set of rules for how we govern ourselves, and it is packaged with the Declaration of Independence and one of Virginia's bills on religious liberty. This is a great little book, and you can carry it around with you at all times.
Rating: - When in the course of human events...
Every home in the United States should have a copy of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Contrary to what is often thought, given the giant reputation and high esteem of these documents, the texts are in fact quite short - the Declaration takes but a few pages, and the Constitution (even with all amendments) takes but a few more.
This book includes a brief preface by Cass R. Sunstein, an index an suggestions for further readings on the Constitution, ... Read More
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