Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right Against Self-Incrimination

by Leonard W. Levy and LevyLeonardW

Book Overview

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. A work of monumental scholarship-broad in scope, thorough, carefully annotated, accurate, and imaginative. --Political Science Quarterly. Vastly learned...critical and reflective...lucid and vigorous...one of the important contributions to historical literature. --Henry Steele Commager...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029195802
• ISBN13: 9780029195802
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 561 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"