Umfang:
Online-Ressource (viii, 270 p)
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22 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781403972361
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1403972362
Serie:
Studies of the Americas Ser
Inhalt:
Shows the Enlightenment origin of the US Constitution. This book provides an analysis of how the Enlightenment's basic ideas were reformulated in the context of America. It brings out the strains of Enlightenment thought and of articulating Enlightenment concepts
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Enlightenment Philosophy and Constitutionalism; Chapter 1 Recovering (From) Enlightenment?; Chapter 2 The Positivization of Natural Rights; Chapter 3 Epicureanism and the Enlightenment; Chapter 4 Preface to Liberalism: Locke's First Treatise and the Bible; Chapter 5 Montesquieu and the Constitution of Liberty; Part II: The Enlightenment and the Constitution in America; Chapter 6 The American Enlightenment; Chapter 7 Enlightenment and Experience: The Virginia Constitution of 1776; Chapter 8 Nation-Making and the American Constitutional Process
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Chapter 9 Ticklish Experiments: The Paradox of American ConstitutionalismChapter 10 James Madison and the Idea of Fundamental Law; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781403972361
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe America and Enlightenment Constitutionalism
Sprache:
Englisch
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