Author: Gary V. Wood
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739106013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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In Heir to the Fathers, author Gary V. Wood examines the ideas that guided John Quincy Adams throughout his political career. For Wood, it is Adams' understanding of The Constitution of the United States that foregrounds a crucial link between the principles laid-forth in The Declaration of Independence and the original intent of the Framers of The Constitution. Heir to the Fathers traces this link through an examination of Adams' celebrated essay, Jubilee of the Constitution and, most significantly, through his defense of a group of Africans who mutinied aboard the slave ship Amistad. The contradictory relationship between what is stated The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution and the treatment of African slaves has been a persistent problem in any attempt to understand the legacy of freedom in the United States. Adams' argument before the Supreme Court, based on his interpretation of constitutional law, is an example of how this unique political mind comes to terms with this contradiction without abandoning the spirit of America's founding principles. Wood's discussion of Adams' political and intellectual life invites readers to reexamination the principles upon which the United States of America was founded. Heir to the Fathers is a salient addition to the study of constitutional law and history and American political thought.
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Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Author: Moryam VanOpstal
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1793652252
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 201
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In An Ancient Guide to Good Politics: A Literary and Ethical Reading of Cicero's De Republica, Moryam VanOpstal argues that Cicero should be considered the great unifier of classical political thought, with fresh insight on pivotal issues such as the best way of life and how to preserve a good regime.
Author: James Harrington
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521137928
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 950
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James Harrington (1611-1677) was a pioneer in applying the methods of Machiavelli and other civic humanists to English political society and its landed structure. In the century after his death, his ideas were adapted to become an important ingredient in the vocabulary of both English and American political opposition to the methods of Hanoverian parliamentary monarchy. This work includes all of his prose works on political subjects as well as Oceana, his best-known work. The critical introduction attempts to revalue the evidence concerning Harrington's life and writings, to locate them in the context of Civil War, Commonwealth and Puritan thinking and to trace the development of Harringtonian and neo-Harringtonian ideology during subsequent generations.
Author: Plutarco
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Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1162
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Author: American Short-horn Breeders' Association
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Languages : en
Pages : 538
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Author: Joseph Sabin
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Pages : 536
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