9781332609987 - The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens: A Contribution to Modern Constitutional History (Classic Reprint) de Jellinek, Georg (3 resultados)

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condición: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the origins of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, tracing its lineage back to the bills of rights created by the individual American states during the lead up to the American Revolutionary War. It argues that the American Revolution provided a context in which ideas about natural rights could find political expression and legal form. However, rather than being a product of European Enlightenment thought, the author argues that the American declarations were part of a broader evolution of ideas about the relationship between the individual and the state that had been developing in Anglo-American legal thought since the middle ages. This book will be of interest to scholars of legal and constitutional history, as well as political theory. It sheds light on the historical development of human rights and their significance as an integral part of constitutional government. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.