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The constitution under social justice / Antonio Rosmini ; translated by Alberto Mingardi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosmini, Antonio, 1797-1855, author.
- Series:
- Studies in ethics and economics.
- Studies in Ethics and Economics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law--Italy--Philosophy.
- Constitutional law.
- Natural law--Philosophy.
- Natural law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Antonio Rosmini-Serbati (1797D1855) was one of the first natural law scholars to bring natural law thinking into a conversation with the market economic order that was beginning to emerge in Europe in the 19th century. His reflections on matters such as the origin, nature, and limits of private property, the role of the state, and the nature of human reason show him to be a unique, innovative thinker who nonetheless was determined to work within the parameters of Catholic doctrine. Many of these ideas are concretized in his seminal work The Constitution Under Social Justice, a text that has pr
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Foreword by Robert A. Sirico; Foreword: Beyond Democratism and Conservatism by Carlos Hoevel; Foreword: Property and Liberty by Alberto Mingardi; 1. On Constitutions of the French Kind; 2. The Vices of Constitutions; 3. Remedy for the Two Radical Vices of the Constitutions Molded on the French Model; 4. A Constitutional Project; 5. Explanation for the Reasons for the Constitutional Project; 6. Reasons for the Disposition Contained in the Preliminary Article; 7. Reasons for the Dispositions Contained in Title I
- 8. Reasons for the Dispositions Contained in Title II9. Reasons for the Dispositions Contained in Title III; 10. Reasons for the Dispositions Contained in Title IV; 11. Reasons for the Dispositions Contained in Title V; 12. General Considerations; Notes; Appendix; Index; About the Author and Translator
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-23173-8
- 0-7391-0724-0
- 0-7391-5351-X
- OCLC:
- 856869795
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