{"title":"Law--Constitutional","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"bill-of-rights","title":"Bill of Rights","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreserve the rights of all Americans with this elegant hardback gift edition of the Bill of Rights, proudly made in the USA.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollectively known as the United States Bill of Rights, these first ten amendments to the United States Constitution limit the powers of the federal government and protect the rights of all citizens, residents and visitors on United States territory. Introduced in 1789 in the First United States Congress by James Madison, these amendments came into effect on December 15, 1791, when ratified by three-fourths of the states. This document plays a central role in American law and remains to this day a symbol of the freedoms and culture of the nation. 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Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of history and law, explains why in \u003cem\u003eWe the People\u003c\/em\u003e, the most original history of the Constitution in decades--and an essential companion to her landmark history of the United States, \u003cem\u003eThese Truths\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Published on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding--the anniversary, too, of the first state constitutions--\u003cem\u003eWe the People\u003c\/em\u003e offers a wholly new history of the Constitution. \"One of the Constitution's founding purposes was to prevent change,\" Lepore writes. \"Another was to allow for change without violence.\" Relying on the extraordinary database she has assembled at the Amendments Project, Lepore recounts centuries of attempts, mostly by ordinary Americans, to realize the promise of the Constitution. Yet nearly all those efforts have failed. 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