Welfare and the Constitution

by Sotirios A. Barber

Book Overview

Welfare and the Constitution defends a largely forgotten understanding of the U.S. Constitution: the positive or "welfarist" view of Abraham Lincoln and the Federalist Papers. Sotirios Barber challenges conventional scholarship by arguing that the government has a constitutional duty to pursue the well-being of all the people. He shows that James Madison was right in saying that the "real welfare" of the people must be the "supreme object"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691123756
• ISBN13: 9780691123752
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.4"