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The state as a work of art : the cultural origins of the Constitution Eric Slauter
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slauter, Eric Thomas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law--United States--Philosophy.
- Constitutional law.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- State, The--Philosophy.
- State, The.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- Making a government of laws
- Aesthetics and the science of politics
- The matter and meaning of representation
- The culture of natural rights
- Slavery and the language of rights
- Being alone in the age of the social contract
- The godless constitution and the sacred rights of man.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-356) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226761954 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226761959 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 225876054
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