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Conscience and the Constitution - History, Theory, and Law of the Reconstruction Amendments (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,591
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Conscience and the Constitution - History, Theory, and Law of the Reconstruction Amendments (Paperback): David A. J Richards

Conscience and the Constitution - History, Theory, and Law of the Reconstruction Amendments (Paperback)

David A. J Richards

Series: Princeton Legacy Library

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At stage center of the American drama, maintains David A. J. Richards, is the attempt to understand the implications of the Reconstruction Amendments--Amendments Thirteen, Fourteen, and Fifteen to the United States Constitution. Richards evaluates previous efforts to interpret the amendments and then proposes his own view: together the amendments embodied a self-conscious rebirth of America's revolutionary, rights-based constitutionalism. Building on an approach to constitutional law developed in his "Toleration and the Constitution" and "Foundations of American Constitutionalism," Richards links history, law, and political theory. In "Conscience and the Constitution," this method leads from an analysis of the Reconstruction Amendments to a broad discussion of the American constitutional system as a whole.

Richards's interpretation focuses on the abolitionists and their radical commitment to the "dissenting conscience." In his view, the Reconstruction Amendments expressed not only the constitutional arguments of a particular historical period but also a general political theory developed by the abolitionists, who restructured the American political community in terms of respect for universal human rights. He argues further that the amendments make a claim on our generation to keep faith with the vision of the "founders of 1865." In specific terms he points out what such allegiance would mean in the context of present-day constitutional issues.

Originally published in 1993.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Release date: June 2014
First published: July 2014
Authors: David A. J Richards
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-60024-6
Categories: Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > General
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LSN: 0-691-60024-4
Barcode: 9780691600246

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