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 of America
surface form: 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 to the United States Constitution
surface form: 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
Supreme Court of the United States
surface form: 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 (Harvard Law Review article, 1890)
surface form: The Right to Privacy
setting United States law
surface form: United States legal system
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