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The Sacred Fire of Liberty

Republicanism, Liberalism, and the Law
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Republicanism, liberalism and the rule of law have a long and tangled common history in the development of western institutions. All three claim to secure "liberty" for citizens or subjects of the state, without always agreeing about what this should mean in practice. This book sets out to place the concept of "liberty" into the context of its political origins, and to explain the structures and vocabulary of liberty that are still prominent in legal and political debate. The author argues that, contrary to the common opposition of liberal and republican traditions as rival conceptions of political legitimacy, the two are closely linked and have common roots in developing western conceptions of liberty; and that they eventually diverged over strictures of governmenmt following the French Revolution.
Mortimer Sellers is Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law and Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law. He is author of American Republicanism: Roman Ideology in the United States Constitution, also available from NYU Press.
"This book brings together work from a number of researchers who have been in the vanguard of changing the ride. . . . presents a powerful and convincing case for a relational approach." -"Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology", "Why do women experience depression at twice the rate of men? This important collection brings the missing voices of women's own experience to the discussion, with rich and original results. Contributors--leading researchers as well as rising stars--provide sophisticated and nuanced studies of women working to make sense of and cope with their experiences of depression. An important analysis of gendered expectations in creating the context for depression. A needed and most welcome addition to fathoming the experience of depression." -Stephanie A. Shields, author of "Speaking from the Heart: Gender and the Social Meaning of Emotion"
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