Devising liberty
Subtitle: preserving and creating freedom in the new American Republic
By: edited by David Thomas Konig.
Contributors: Konig, David Thomas, 1947-
Series: The making of modern freedom
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Civil rights -- United States -- History.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815.; United States -- Economic policy -- To 1933.; United States -- Social policy.
Description: The nine chapters in this book focus on the various constitutional problems surrounding the need to provide simultaneously a sufficient degree of union and public authority to guarantee defense and order, and a sufficient degree of individual liberty to satisfy the demands and expectations of private citizens who were wary of the arbitrary powers of government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-372) and index.