Freedom of speech in seventeenth-century thought -- John lilburne and the rights of englishmen -- Quaker blasphemy and toleration -- Did the zenger case really matter? freedom of the press in colonial New York -- Constitutional history, 1776-1789 -- The Bill of rights -- The Original meaning of the establishment clause -- Liberty and the first amendment: 1790-1800 -- Jefferson as a civil libertarian -- History and judicial history: the case of the fifth amendment -- Subversion of miranda -- Judicial activism and strict construction

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2. Civil rights -- United States -- History
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