The nine chapters in this book focus on the various constitutional problems surrounding the need to provide simultaneously a sufficient degree of union and public authority to guarantee defense and order, and a sufficient degree of individual liberty to satisfy the demands and expectations of private citizens who were wary of the arbitrary powers of government.
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Devising Liberty: Preserving and Creating Freedom in the New American Republic
The nine chapters in this book focus on the various constitutional problems surrounding the need to provide simultaneously a sufficient degree of union and public authority to guarantee defense and order, and a sufficient degree of individual liberty to satisfy the demands and expectations of private citizens who were wary of the arbitrary powers of government.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780804741934 |
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Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
Publication date: | 03/27/2002 |
Series: | The Making of Modern Freedom |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 400 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d) |
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