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The state as a work of art : the cultural origins of the Constitution / Eric Slauter

Author
Slauter, Eric Thomas
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Physical Description
xii, 373 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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KF4550.S54 2009 KF4550.S57 2009
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Contents
Introduction: culture and constitutionalism -- A note on constitutional interpretation -- Prologue: the fools' contest -- The state as a work of art -- 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 -- Epilogue: the age of constitutions -- Notes -- Index.
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ISBN
9780226761954 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226761959 (cloth : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-356) and index.
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