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Alexander Leslie Klieforth

The Scottish Invention of America, Democracy and Human Rights

A History of Liberty and Freedom from the Ancient Celts to the New Millennium

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The Scottish Invention of America, Democracy and Human Rights is a history of liberty from 1300 BC to 2004 AD. The book traces the history of the philosophy and fight for freedom from the ancient Celts to the creation of America, asserting the roots of liberty originated in the radical political thought of the ancient Celts, the Scots' struggle for freedom, John Duns Scotus and the Arbroath Declaration (1320), a tradition that influenced Locke and the English Whig theorists as well as our Founding Fathers, particularly Jefferson, Madison, Wilson and Witherspoon. Author Alexander Klieforth argues the Arbroath Declaration (1320) and its philoso… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Munro, Robert John
  • ISBN: 978-0-7618-2791-7
  • EAN: 9780761827917
  • Produktnummer: 1555272
  • Verlag: University Press Of America
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
  • Seitenangabe: 448 S.
  • Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.6 cm 594 g
  • Abbildungen: Paperback
  • Gewicht: 594

Über den Autor


Alexander Leslie Klieforth received his B.A. and LL.D. degrees from St. Norbert College in Wisconsin, his M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, advanced study at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, Louvain, Belgium, and doctoral work at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. As a professional American diplomat, he was stationed in Washington, D.C., Europe, Asia and Latin America and on special assignments in the Middle East and Africa. Robert Munro is the University Law Librarian and Director of CIFCS of the College of Law, University of Florida, Gainesville. He is also Senior Research Fellow and Director of Research for North America of CIDOEC at Jesus College, Cambridge University. He holds a J.D. from the College of Law of the University of Iowa, a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, and has completed further graduate studies at Cambridge University, Oxford University, and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London.

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