Title The Fourth Amendment : origins and original meaning, 602-1791 / William J. Cuddihy

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (lxviii, 940 pages) Contents English thought on search and seizure to 1642 -- Search and seizure in England before 1485 -- The English law of search and seizure, 1485-1642 -- The English practice of search and seizure, 1485-1642 -- English thought on search and seizure, 1642-1700 -- The general warrant in intellectual and political perspective, 1642-1700 -- Search and seizure in England, 1642-1700 : the legal background to the English critique of general warrants -- Colonial thought respecting search, seizure, and the illegitimacy of general warrants, to 1760 -- Colonial legislation regarding search and seizure, to 1760 -- Colonial search warrants and their enforcement, to 1760, in relation to the search warrant clause of the Fourth Amendment -- Colonial searches by the customs services of England and Great Britain, to 1760 -- English and British advocacy of the specific warrant, to 1760 -- English and British advocacy of the specific warrant in intellectual and political context, 1700-1760 -- Search and seizure in Great Britain, 1700-1760 : the legal background to the specific warrant clause -- The colonial roots of the specific warrant clause : search and seizure in Massachusetts, to 1760 -- The political background to the emergence of the specific warrant in Massachusetts, to 1760 -- Paxton's case and the writs of assistance controversy in Massachusetts, 1755-1762 -- Developments in search and seizure beyond the transition to specific warrants, to 1760 -- The Wilkes cases : search and seizure in Great Britain, 1761-1776 -- The writs of assistance controversy, 1761-1776 : the awakening of hostility to general search and seizure throughout the colonies -- Colonial responses to the controversies over Wilkes, general warrants, and writs of assistance : the widening opposition to general warrants -- Issues correlative to the search warrant, 1761-1776 -- American search and seizure, 1776-1787 : the years of paradox -- The formation and original meaning of the Fourth Amendment, 1787-1791 Summary The Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizure provides the bulwark for police regulation and many other government functions in the United States. This book tells the full story of its complex lineage, including its intellectual roots in England Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject United States. Constitution. 4th Amendment. SUBJECT Constitution (United States) fast (OCoLC)fst01356075 Subject Searches and seizures -- United States -- History Searches and seizures -- Great Britain -- History Searches and seizures. Hausdurchsuchung Beschlagnahme Recht Great Britain. United States. Großbritannien USA -- Verfassung (1787) -- Amendment 4. USA. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199867448 0199867445

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