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This book describes the origins of the concept of liberty in the legal and political thought of Rome, Italy, England, France and the United States of America. Professor Sellers traces the development of liberty and republican government over two centuries of European history, in association with liberal ideas. This study reveals republicanism as the parent of liberalism in modern law and politics, and demonstrates the continuing value of republican ideas in securing the liberty of contemporary states and their citizens.
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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The Origins of Republican Liberty
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Front Matter
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The Concept of Republican Liberty
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Liberties and License
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
MORTIMER NEWLIN STEAD SELLERS is a University System of Maryland Regents Professor and Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law and Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore. He is the author of American Republicanism, also available from Palgrave Macmillan.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Sacred Fire of Liberty
Book Subtitle: Republicanism, Liberalism and the Law
Authors: M. N. S. Sellers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230371811
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: M.N.S. Sellers 1998
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-72673-0Published: 14 September 1998
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-40604-3Published: 14 September 1998
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37181-1Published: 14 September 1998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 201
Topics: History of Philosophy, Political History, Political Theory, Philosophy of Law, History of Britain and Ireland, European History