In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action

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In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action is a nonfiction book that uses real-life court cases and stories to explain and illustrate the meaning and impact of the U.S. Bill of Rights.

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instanceOf book about law ⓘ
book about the United States Constitution ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
aimsTo explain the meaning of the U.S. Bill of Rights ⓘ
illustrate the impact of the U.S. Bill of Rights ⓘ
author Caroline Kennedy ⓘ
Ellen Alderman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coversTopic cruel and unusual punishment ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
rights of the accused ⓘ
search and seizure ⓘ
educationalUse supplementary text in civics courses ⓘ
supplementary text in constitutional law courses ⓘ
focusesOn Eighth Amendment rights ⓘ
Fifth Amendment rights ⓘ
First Amendment rights ⓘ
Fourth Amendment rights ⓘ
individual liberties ⓘ
limits on government power ⓘ
format print ⓘ
genre constitutional law ⓘ
legal nonfiction ⓘ
hasContributor Caroline Kennedy ⓘ
Ellen Alderman ⓘ
hasPerspective pro–civil liberties ⓘ
intendedFunction to show how constitutional rights affect everyday life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Bill of Rights ⓘ
United States Constitution ⓘ
United States Supreme Court ⓘ
civil liberties in the United States ⓘ
civil rights in the United States ⓘ
constitutional law cases ⓘ
notableFor accessible explanations of constitutional rights ⓘ
use of case studies to explain amendments ⓘ
publicationDate 1991 ⓘ
publisher William Morrow and Company ⓘ
relatedWork The Right to Privacy ⓘ
setting United States legal system ⓘ
linked to: United States law
structure organized around the amendments in the Bill of Rights ⓘ
subjectOf book reviews in major U.S. newspapers ⓘ
targetAudience general readers ⓘ
students of American government ⓘ
uses narrative stories ⓘ
real-life court cases ⓘ

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Caroline Kennedy → notableWork → In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action ⓘ
Ellen Alderman → notableWork → In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action ⓘ
Ellen Alderman → coAuthorOf → In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action ⓘ
Nat Hentoff → notableWork → Living the Bill of Rights ⓘ
linked to: In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action