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1 online resource (200 pages). |
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Princeton Legacy Library
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Princeton legacy library.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; 5. Augustinian Tensions and the Constitution of Liberalism 163. |
| Summary |
Graham Walker boldly recasts the debate over issues like constitutional interpretation and judicial review, and challenges contemporary thinking not only about specifically constitutional questions but also about liberalism, law, justice, and rights. Walker targets the ""skeptical"" moral nihilism of leading American judges and writers, on both the political left and right, charging that their premises undermine the authority of the Constitution, empty its moral words of any determinate meaning, and make nonsense of ostensibly normative theories. But he is even more worried about those who. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430 -- Political and social views.
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. |
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Political and social views. |
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Constitutional law -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Constitutional law -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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United States. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Walker, Graham. Moral Foundations of Constitutional Thought : Current Problems, Augustinian Prospects. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014 |
| ISBN |
9781400861446 (electronic book) |
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1400861446 (electronic book) |
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