Product Description: The Pulitzer Prizewinning constitutional historian Leonard Levy here collects eight of his most important essays of recent years. Written with his characterstic erudition, clarity, directness, and verve, these explorations into the history of the law are at once an entertainment and an education...read more

Product Description: This six-volume edition of the 1987 Dartmouth Medal winner includes all of the material from the original four-volume set and 1992 Supplement, as well as updated original articles and completely new articles covering recent concepts and court cases since 1992...read more

Leonard W. Levy's Legacy of Suppression so disturbed Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black that he called it "one of the mosts devastating blows that has been delivered against civil liberty for a long time."Published in 1960, this book challenged the liberal interpretation of the First Amendment by claiming that the framers of the Constitution intended it only as a protection against the prior restraint of a publication. It was not, Levy vehemently argued, meant to be used as a defense in seditious libel cases. In other words, freedom of the press meant that a publisher had the freedom to publish, but not without impunity.In Emergence of Free Press, Levy rethinks many of the controversial opinions put forth in the original work. A revised and enlarged edition of the first volume, it offers a more moderate view of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. Based on extensive additional research, especially on the newspapers published in Revolutionary America, Levy now concedes that the original interpretation of the First Amendment, even if it wasn't the framer's intention, was broad in scope. "That so many courageous and irresponsible editors risked imprisonment amazes me." he writes. Though he holds to his belief in the writers' intention, he concludes that we don't have to be limited by their narrow view."Seldom has a major constitutional scholar reversed his field under such brilliant light and with such a startling admission...Mr. Levy's contribution becomes him. He has learned--which makes him a fine teacher for us all--and he makes us think hard about our Constitution."--The New York Times"Emergence of a Free Press delivers an even more rousing lesson than its predecessor."--Philadelphia Inquirer·"A lively and important book."--The ProgressiveA major Constitutional scholar rethinks his controversial views about the First Amendment

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Trial by jury is the mainstay of the accusatorial system of criminal justice. Here one of our most distinguished constitutional scholars, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Leonard Levy, brings his formidable skills to bear in tracing the development of what many great legal minds have called the Palladium of Justice. Recounting this history with his characteristic clarity, vigor, and elegance of expression, Mr. Levy has given us a brilliant and useful summary of one of our most cherished freedoms. Incisively, thoroughly, and thoughtfully—as always-Leonard Levy offers historical meaning and understanding to one of our most basic rights. —Stanley I. Kutler (view table of contents)

An examination of constitutional law and its landmark cases argues that the basis of constitutional jurisprudence lies in judicial activism, or continual reinterpretation of the Constitution, not in 'original intent.' (view table of contents)

Product Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in history and a landmark in the study of constitutional origins, Leonard Levy's now-classic study appears for the first time in paperback. Origins probes the intentions of the framers of the Fifth Amendment and emphasizes their belief that in a society based upon respect for the individual, it is more important that the accused not unwillingly contribute to his conviction than that the guilty be punished...read more

Identifies individuals, organizations, issues, policies, and scandals associated with the presidency of the United States

Product Description: Leonard Levy’s new book, a compendium of his law review articles, book chapters, and basic shorter writings on themes with which he has long been identified, is a treasure chest of sound and reasonable analysis of American constitutional history...read more

Product Description: An anthology of classic American statements on freedom of the press and a documentary defense of the author's ideas which enables the reader to weigh the intent of the drafters of the first amendment. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A legal historian reviews the history of blasphemy, showing what forms of speech societies have found intolerable, tracing the changing meanings of blasphemy, and discussing the costs and benefits of free speech

Product Description: Leonard Levy’s new book, a compendium of his law review articles, book chapters, and basic shorter writings on themes with which he has long been identified, is a treasure chest of sound and reasonable analysis of American constitutional history...read more

Examines the portion of the First Amendment providing for separation of church and state, discusses the history of the clause, and offers a modern interpretation

A collection of articles by 178 contributors on such topics as abortion, capital punishment, interest groups, the Iran-Contra Affair, line item veto, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and more

A collection of articles by 178 contributors on such topics as abortion, capital punishment, interest groups, the Iran-Contra Affair, line item veto, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and more

Provides an alphabetized, indexed, and cross-referenced chronology of the history and content of the American Constitution, from its creation and ratification, through a case-by-case coverage of 200 years of interpretation

Provides a cross-referenced history of the American Constitution, from its creation and ratification, through a case-by-case coverage of 200 years of interpretation

Product Description: Reference on American Constitutional History

Product Description: Leonard Levy, whose Origins of the Fifth Amendment received the 1969 Pulitzer Prize in American History, is widely recognized as one of our nation's preeminent constitutional historians. This book brings together his essays--four never before published--written over the past two decades...read more