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| Genre/Form: | Book |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Stevens, Richard G., 1925- American Constitution and its provenance. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©1997 (OCoLC)605171913 Online version: Stevens, Richard G., 1925- American Constitution and its provenance. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©1997 (OCoLC)608681287 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard G Stevens |
| ISBN: | 0847685128 9780847685127 0847685136 9780847685134 |
| OCLC Number: | 36225205 |
| Description: | xvi, 382 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents: | I. The People, the Great, and the Wise (1992) -- II. Machiavelli's Burlesque of Aristotle's Ethics (1986) -- III. On the Practicality of More's Utopia (1966) -- IV. The New Republic in More's Utopia (1969) -- V. Abstraction and Practicability in the Political Philosophy of Hobbes (1989) -- VI. The Constitutional Completion of the Liberal Philosophy of Hobbes and Locke (1987) -- VII. Introduction to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution (1994) -- VIII. George Washington and the Constitution (1982) -- IX. The Significance of a Written Constitution for America (1987) -- X. Due Process of Law (1987) -- XI. Felix Frankfurter (1971) -- XII. The Constitution and What It Meant to Corwin (1980) -- XIII. Liberal Democracy and Justice in the Constitution of Walter Berns (1993) -- XIV. Restoration or Illusion? A Review of George Will (1993) -- XV. The Old Republic and the New: A Review of Paul Rahe (1994) -- XVI. Conscience and Politics (1984) -- XVII. The Problem of the Division of Labor in Marx (1970) -- XVIII. Ethnic Diversity (1980) -- XIX. Liberal Education (1975). |
| Responsibility: | Richard G. Stevens. |
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Richard Stevens' collection of essays reflects over forty years of thoughtful inquiry on the relationship between philosopy and political life. His views can, in the best sense of the term, be described as radical in their rethinking of the foundations of the American political and constitutional order. The range of his learning and the care with which he presents it should inspire young scholars to pick up on his ideas and apply them to the problems and dilemmas that they will face in the twenty-first century. -- Jerome J. Hanus, American University An occasion for celebration. -- Paul Rahe, University of Tulsa Few have written of America with such a judicious mixture of generosity, hardheadedness, and wit. Students of the Constitution and of political thought will wish to place this book on their shelves next to the collected essays of Walter Berns, Martin Diamond, and Herbert J. Storing. -- Matthew J. Franck, Radford University Following in the tradition of Martin Diamond and Herbert Storing, Stevens' collection of essays broadens and deepens our understanding of the American regime, opening our minds to its great perfections, but never mindless of its imperfections. It is truly a seminal study. -- Morton J. Frisch, Northern Illinois University Read more...
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- Constitutional history -- United States.
- Constitutional law -- United States -- Philosophy.
- Histoire constitutionnelle -- États-Unis.
- Constitutional history.
- Constitutional law -- Philosophy.
- United States.
- Verfassungsrecht
- Geschichte
- Droit constitutionnel -- États-Unis.
- États-Unis -- Histoire constitutionnelle.
- États-Unis -- 20e siècle.
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- USA -- Verfassung (1787)
