With the Occupy Wall Street movement still fresh in the minds of many across the nation, no part of the Constitution is more important to that cause than the Freedom of Assembly. This guide to that freedom takes a sweeping approach, going back to the dawn of democracy and the signing of the Magna Ca
Understanding Your Right to Due Process
โ Scribed by Marty Gitlin
- Publisher
- Rosen Publishing Group
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 114
- Series
- Personal Freedom and Civic Duty Ser.
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
One of our most fundamental rights as citizens of a democracy is our right to due process of law. This principle provides critical protection against arbitrary rule by the government. The text explores the origins of this very old constitutional principle and how its traditional definition has expanded over time. From a basic concern with fairness in criminal procedures (procedural due process), the legal concept expanded to become a key tool for protecting a variety of individual rights, some of them controversial (substantive due process). This title fulfills the needs of the Common Core by providing rigorous, complex text and examining due process rights from multiple points of view.
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