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Natural law and the antislavery constitutional tradition /

"Natural Law and the Antislavery Constitutional Tradition is a succinct account of the development of American antislavery constitutionalism in the years preceding the Civil War"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dyer, Justin Buckley, 1983-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Natural Law and the Antislavery Constitutional Tradition; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Slavery and the Laws and Rights of Nature; Classical Natural Law; Modern Natural Rights; 1: Introduction: The Apple of Gold; Slavery and the Contradictions of the American Founding; The Lincolnian Interpretation; The Death of Natural-Law Constitutionalism; Aspirationalism and Constitutional Interpretation; 2: Somerset and the Antislavery Constitutional Tradition; Anglo-American Constitutionalism and the Challenge of Slavery; The Somerset Judgment.