| Description |
x, 436 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Making of modern freedom |
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Making of modern freedom.
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| Contents |
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen -- Introduction / Dale Van Kley -- 1. Old Regime Origins of Democratic Liberty / David D. Bien -- 2. From the Lessons of French History to Truths for All Times and All People: The Historical Origins of an Anti-Historical Declaration / Dale Van Kley -- 3. Betwixt Cattle and Men: Jews, Blacks, and Women, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man / Shanti Marie Singham -- 4. The Idea of a Declaration of Rights / Keith Michael Baker -- 5. National Sovereignty and the General Will: The Political Program of the Declaration of Rights / J. K. Wright -- 6. Safeguarding the Rights of the Accused: Lawyers and Political Trials in France, 1716-1789 / David A. Bell -- 7. Religious Toleration and Freedom of Expression / Raymond Birn -- 8. Property, Sovereignty, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and the Tradition of French Jurisprudence / Thomas E. Kaiser |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-424) and index |
| Subject |
France. Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen.
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Constitutional history -- France.
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Human rights -- France.
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Liberty.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Politics and government -- 1789- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051474
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France. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006404
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| Author |
Van Kley, Dale K., 1941-
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| LC no. |
93050946 |
| ISBN |
0804723559 (alk. paper) |
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