Lacey, Michael J.

A Culture of Rights : The Bill of Rights in Philosophy, Politics and Law 1791 and 1991 Edited by Michael J. Lacey. - New York Cambridge University 1992 - 474p - Woodrow Wilson Center Series; 8 .

includes index and biblioraphy

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

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