Democracy at the crossroads : princes, peasants, poets, and presidents in the struggle for (and against) the rule of law / Craig S. Barnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barnes, Craig S.

Series:

Speaker's Corner

Speaker's corner

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--History.

Democracy.

Rule of law--History.

Rule of law.

Civil rights--History.

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Golden, CO : Fulcrum, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An eye-opening treatise on the international foundations of our liberty and its current challenges.

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: John Cooke Indicts His Majesty the King; A Pocket History of the Rule of Law; 1: The Long Life of Lying; 2: The Short Life of an Honest Man in Rome; 3: The Miserable Life of a Feudal King; 4: The Half-life of Feudalism and the Birth of Law; 5: Poets as Midwives; 6: The Cradle Century; 7: A Rebel Even a King Would Save; 8: Unparalleled Courage, Fraud, and Revolution; 9: The Birth of a Republic; Rebirth of the Feudal Mind in the United States; 10: To Suspend the Law, Again; 11: Special Courts, Again; 12: War Privileges, Again; 13: The Law of Nations Ignored

14: While Congress Slept15: Today's Tug-of-War; American Values Deeper than Capitalism, Deeper than Law; 16: Beyond the Eternal Order of Lying; 17: Beyond Pure Self-Interest; 18: Beyond the Sword; 19: Beyond the Easy Lie; 20: Beyond Bribery; An Age Ends; 21: Finding Direction in a Time of Chaos

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682751442

1682751449

9781282488694

1282488694

9781936218059

1936218054

OCLC:

536347238