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Sacred Fire of Liberty
M.N.S. Sellers
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Description for Sacred Fire of Liberty
Hardcover. This text describes the origins of the concept of liberty in the legal and political thought of Rome, Italy, England, France and the United States of America. It aims to reveal republicanism as the parent of liberalism in modern law and politics. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DST; 1KBB; HBJD1; HBJK; JPFK; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 387.
This book describes the origins of the concept of liberty in the legal and political thought of Rome, Italy, England, France and the United States of America. Professor Sellers traces the development of liberty and republican government over two centuries of European history, in association with liberal ideas. This study reveals republicanism as the parent of liberalism in modern law and politics, and demonstrates the continuing value of republican ideas in securing the liberty of contemporary states and their citizens.
This book describes the origins of the concept of liberty in the legal and political thought of Rome, Italy, England, France and the United States of America. Professor Sellers traces the development of liberty and republican government over two centuries of European history, in association with liberal ideas. This study reveals republicanism as the parent of liberalism in modern law and politics, and demonstrates the continuing value of republican ideas in securing the liberty of contemporary states and their citizens.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
201
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333726730
SKU
V9780333726730
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99-15
About M.N.S. Sellers
MORTIMER NEWLIN STEAD SELLERS is a University System of Maryland Regents Professor and Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law and Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore. He is the author of American Republicanism, also available from Palgrave Macmillan.
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