The American founding and the social compact

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The American founding and the social compact

edited by Ronald J. Pestritto and Thomas G. West

Lexington Books, c2003

  • : pbk

Available at  / 5 libraries

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Locke on the social compact: an overview / Peter C. Myers
  • Social compact, common law, and the American amalgam: the contribution of William Blackstone / Michael Zuckert
  • Hume, historical inheritance, and the problem of founding / Bradley C.S. Watson
  • The political theory of the Declaration of Independence / Thomas G. West
  • Thomas Jefferson and the social compact / Jean M. Yarbrough
  • From subjects to citizens: the social compact origins of American citizenship / Edward J. Erler
  • Alexander Hamilton and the grand strategy of the American social compact / Karl Walling
  • John Adams' "Hobbism" / John Paynter

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