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This vital collection of original essays marks the 250th anniversary of American independence, as leading legal scholars and political scientists, including Robert P. George, Charles R. Kesler, Michael Zuckert, Daniel E. Burns, and Janice Rogers Brown, revisit the Declaration's "unalienable rights," the Constitution, and the founding debates over natural rights, revealing how the American Revolution balanced individual liberty against communal responsibility and what that means for democracy and civil society today.
Featuring original essays by Robert P. George, Charles R. Kesler, Michael Zuckert, Daniel E. Burns, and Janice Rogers Brown. The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of American independence, yet the founding is controversial now in ways it has not been in decades.
The American Enterprise Institute offers a major intellectual and educational project to reintroduce Americans to the unique value of their national inheritance. In the fourth volume of this series, legal scholars and political scientists examine the many ways in which the founding generation understood the “unalienable rights” immortalized by the Declaration of Independence.
Although the Declaration described the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as a “self-evident” truth, this characterization belied the Revolutionary era’s complex discourse on the origins of political rights and their role in sustaining a political community.
Delving into these debates reveals how the American Revolution encoded a productive tension between individual rights and communal responsibilities at the nation’s founding.
ASIN: 0844750913
VSKU: BVV.0844750913.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Burns, Daniel E.|Rogers Brown, Janice|Zuckert, Michael|George, Robert P.|Kessler, Charles R.|Levin, Yuval|White, Adam J.|Yoo, John
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
ASIN: 0844750913
VSKU: BVV.0844750913.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Burns, Daniel E.|Rogers Brown, Janice|Zuckert, Michael|George, Robert P.|Kessler, Charles R.|Levin, Yuval|White, Adam J.|Yoo, John
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.