Toleration and the Constitution

by David A.J. Richards

Book Overview

Why have the issues of religious liberty, free speech and constitutional privacy come to figure so prominently in our society? What are the origins of the basic principles of our constitutional law? This work develops a general theory of constitutional interpretation based on an original synthesis of political theory, history, law, and a larger approach to the interpretation of culture. Presenting both historical and theoretical arguments in support...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195059476
• ISBN13: 9780195059472
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"