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A HISTORY OF BILLS OF RIGHTS

[Updated: July 28, 2010]

Some Historical Examples of Bills of Rights

Medieval Period

17thC

18thC

19thC

  • The French Civil Code (Napoleonic Code) (1804)
  • The Constitution of Belgium (February 7, 1831) - PDF (2.5MB)
  • Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Declaration of Sentiments" and "Resolutions" adopted by the Senaca Falls Convention of July 1848 - PDF (4.7MB)
  • "The Basic Rights of the German People" in The Constitution of the German Reich (1849) - PDF (2.1MB)
  • Frederick Douglass, "Fourth of July Oration" on July 4th, 1852 - PDF (1.7MB)

20thC

Bibliography

  • The Founders' Constitution, ed. Philip K. Kurland and Ralph Lerner (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1987). Also online at The Founders' Constitution (hosted by the University of Chicago Press).
  • The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002). Also available for purchase from Liberty Fund's online catalogue.
  • The Democratic Tradition: Four German Constitutions, ed. Elmar M. Hucko (Oxford: Berg, 1989).
  • Frederick Douglass, "Fourth of July Oration" (1852) in What Country Have I? Political Writings by Black Americans, ed. Herbert J. Storing (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1970).
  • The Constitution of Belgium (February 7, 1831) in Constitutions of Nations, vol. 1 Afghanistan to Finland, ed. Amos J. Peaslee (Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press, 1950).
  • Olympe de Gouges, "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen" (1791) in Women, the Family, and Freedoom: The Debate in Documents, vol. One, 1750-1880, ed. Susan Groag Bell and Karen M. Offen (Stanford University Press, 1983).
  • Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, "Declaration of Sentiments" and "Resolutions" adopted by the Senaca Falls Convention of July 1848 in Women, the Family, and Freedoom: The Debate in Documents, vol. One, 1750-1880, ed. Susan Groag Bell and Karen M. Offen (Stanford University Press, 1983).