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We work to research the history and enhance understanding of some of the world's foundational legal texts.
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The Quill project has revolutionized understanding of the development of the American federal government through open-access digital publications and educational materials related to the drafting of the Federal Constitution (1787), the Bill of Rights (1789), and the Reconstruction Amendments (1864-70)
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The thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States (1864-70) ended slavery in the United States and guaranteed Federal protection for equal rights. The Fourteenth Amendment in particular interacts with the Bill of Rights to allow most of the contemporary challenges of the constitutionality of legislative, executive, and administrative action that are heard by the Supreme Court of the United States, or ruled on by Federal and State Courts.
The Quill Project worked during 2019-2022 to complete its foundational work on the presentation of the records relating to the wording of these Amendments. This project represents the first systematic attempt to bring together all of the extant records relating to the wording of these important additions to the US constitution and to allow the process of debate that created them to be explored in detail and with accuracy, drawing on archival material that has never been made so accessible.
As well as presenting the history of the various resolutions and amendments that ultimately became the reconstruction amendments, we have also charted the history of important related legislation and other (failed) amendments that themselves shed light on the debates that shaped the ultimate form of the Reconstruction Amendments. Details of this additional material are given within the specific projects that make up this collection, and we expect to add to it over time.
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Holly is a Documentary Editor on a variety of U.S constitutional projects and as part of her role she coordinates with student editors at Utah Valley University wherein she oversees the National Archive Grant Projects and the upcoming Declaration of Independence Project.
The Civil Rights Amendments collection aims to document the twin processes of constitutional reform and civil rights legislation that took place between 1860-1875, and their various successes and failures.
Presentation recorded Thursday, September 15th 2022 at Utah Valley University
This interview was part of the 2019 #ConstitutionDayLive program of the Bill of Rights Institute.
Dr. Nicholas Cole, Senior Research Fellow at Pembroke College, discusses the difficult issues of compromise during the Constitutional Convention.
The collaboration between UVU and Oxford may have seemed unlikely at first, but has proved incredibly fruitful for both institutions.
Quill Project, Pembroke College, Oxford, OX1 1DW, United Kingdom
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