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Active Liberty : Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution
Active Liberty Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution
Author: Stephen Breyer
This book, based on the Tanner lectures on Human Values that Justice Stephen Breyer delivered at Harvard University in November 2004, defines the term “active liberty” as a sharing of the nation’s sovereign authority with its citizens. Regarding the Constitution as a guide for the application of basic American principles...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307263131
ISBN-10: 0307263134
Publication Date: 9/13/2005
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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I thought this audiobook was very informative in terms of the structure of the courts and some ideas about what is Liberty.
Highly relevant and thoughtful, its by one of the supreme court justices. If you are interested in Law, History, and/or Politics would highly recommend this


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