Welfare and the Constitution
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 pu...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ ; Woodstock :
Princeton University Press
2005.
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| Edición: | Course Book |
| Colección: | New Forum Books
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426427306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter One. Introduction: Every State a Welfare State
- Chapter Two. Charter of Negative Liberties: Arguments from Text and History
- Chapter Three. Negative Constitutionalism and Unwanted Consequences
- Chapter Four. Moral Philosophy and the Negative-Liberties Model
- Chapter Five. The Instrumental Constitution
- Chapter Six. Is the Constitution Adequate to Its Ends?
- Index
