On Civil Liberty and Self-governmentLawbook Exchange, Limited, 2001 - 629 páginas Widely read and used as a political science textbook, this is the best known of Lieber's work. He was a prominent political philosopher who helped lay the foundation for the study of political science in the United States. Renowned for his theory of civil liberty presented here, which combined an appreciation for the English concept of decentralized political institutions with the German idea of an overall national purpose, he bridged the intellectual gap between Europe and America. Enlarged edition in one volume, having first been published in two volumes in 1853. xiv, 629 pp. |
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... course , engaged in an arduous struggle to regain liberty , or rather to establish modern freedom . Everywhere the first ideas of the new liberty were taken from England , and , later , from the United States . The desire of possessing ...
... course , engaged in an arduous struggle to regain liberty , or rather to establish modern freedom . Everywhere the first ideas of the new liberty were taken from England , and , later , from the United States . The desire of possessing ...
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... course of justice inconvenient , and made war upon the organic action of the law , which proves its necessity as a guarantee of liberty . It is obvious that , whatever wise provisions a constitution may contain , nothing is gained if ...
... course of justice inconvenient , and made war upon the organic action of the law , which proves its necessity as a guarantee of liberty . It is obvious that , whatever wise provisions a constitution may contain , nothing is gained if ...
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... course which best meets his own peculiar circumstances , and to settle how near his own means allow him to approach the desirable end . Many vague things have been asserted of the pardoning power by writers otherwise distinguished for ...
... course which best meets his own peculiar circumstances , and to settle how near his own means allow him to approach the desirable end . Many vague things have been asserted of the pardoning power by writers otherwise distinguished for ...
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