Locke, Jefferson, and the justices : foundations and failures of the US government
This book is about American politics and law; it is also about the roots of the Contract with America. A logical place to find the intent of the Founders is in Locke, which Stephens highlights. The most attractive feature of George Stephens's new book is his effort to root present-day controversies about property rights, freedom and the role of government in the great literature of liberty that is America's political heritage. The struggle to liberate our markets and our minds is an old -- even an ancient -- one. Stephens demonstrates that, to prevail in this critical struggle, we must replant the seeds of liberty that John Locke and others found centuries ago, and nurture their growth into towering, protective trees of constitutional order
1 online resource (xii, 210 pages)
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Introduction
The spirit of American rights
John Locke : founder of the founders
Locke on education and religious tolerance
Jefferson : Locke's disciple
Jefferson, Locke, and the Declaration of Independence
Locke in the constitution
Adoption and ratification
Our Bill of Rights
Jefferson and Hamilton
Jefferson's minimalist government
The era of substantive due process
The progressives
From Lochner to Mrs. Dolan : the 20th century
How we lost rights, in a footnote
Locke make
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