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1 online resource (vii, 293 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : American constitutionalism, freedom, and the rule of law / Anthony A. Peacock -- Freedom and the rule of law : the ingenious English legacy / Joyce Lee Malcolm -- Regulation, administration, and the rule of law in the Early Republic / Joseph Postell -- Constitutional Cassandra : the prophetic fears of Brutus, the anti-federalist / V. James Strickler -- Antonin Scalia and the rule of law : the textualist, foundation of the "law of rules" / Ralph A. Rossum -- Original-meaning jurisprudence, judicial restraint, and democratic freedom / Edward Whelan -- Is it unnatural to shun foreign precedents? / Jeremy Rabkin -- Progressivism and the decline of the rule of law / Bradley C.S. Watson -- National security law : the judicial role / Louis Fisher -- When the rule of law can undermine the rule of law : Hamdi and The Federalist on war and necessity / Anthony A. Peacock -- A decline in adherence to traditional districting standards undermines fair representation in the United States / Katharine Inglis Butler. |
| Summary |
Freedom and the Rule of Law takes a critical look at the historical beginnings of law in the United States, and how that history has influenced current trends regarding law and freedom. Anthony Peacock has compiled articles that examine the relationship between freedom and the rule of law in America. Although this is a theme that has been a perennial one since America's founding, it is also one of particular importance today, and this book explains how history makes this apparent. The rule of law isfundamental to all liberal constitutional regimes whose political orders recognize the equal nat. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Rule of law -- United States -- History.
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Rule of law. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Judicial process -- United States.
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Judicial process. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Peacock, Anthony A. (Anthony Arthur), 1959-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Freedom and the rule of law. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2010 9780739136188 (DLC) 2009038524 (OCoLC)437054218 |
| ISBN |
9780739136201 (electronic book) |
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0739136208 (electronic book) |
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0739136186 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780739136188 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1282494597 |
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9781282494596 |
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9780739136188 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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