| Description |
viii, 474 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Woodrow Wilson Center series |
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Woodrow Wilson Center series.
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| Contents |
Introduction : history, historicism, and the culture of rights / Michael J. Lacey, and Knud Haakonssen -- From natural law to the rights of man : a European perspective on American debates / Knud Haakonssen -- The Bill of Rights and the American Revolutionary experience / James H. Hutson -- Parchment barriers and the politics of rights / Jack N. Rakove -- Rights and wrongs : Jefferson, slavery, and philosophical quandaries / Charles L. Griswold, Jr. -- Practical philosophy and the Bill of Rights : perspectives on some contemporary issues / William A. Galston -- The development of modern American legal theory and the judicial interpretation of the Bill of Rights / William W. Fisher III -- The British, the Americans, and rights / Alan Ryan |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Civil rights -- United States -- History.
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| Author |
Haakonssen, Knud, 1947-
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Lacey, Michael James.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
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| LC no. |
91025265 |
| ISBN |
052141637X |
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0521446538 |
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