The state as a work of art
Subtitle: the cultural origins of the constitution
By: Eric Slauter.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780226761954
Subjects: Constitutional law -- United States -- Philosophy; Constitutional history -- United States; State, The -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: culture and constitutionalism; title: A note on constitutional interpretation; title: Prologue: the fools' contest; title: The state as a work of art; title: Making a government of laws; title: Aesthetics and the science of politics; title: The matter and meaning of representation; title: The culture of natural rights; title: Slavery and the language of rights; title: Being alone in the age of the social contract; title: The godless constitution and the sacred rights of man; title: Epilogue: the age of constitutions; title: Notes; title: Index.