The Conscience of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty - Softcover

Sandefur, Timothy

 
9781939709691: The Conscience of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty

Synopsis

Timothy Sandefur's insightful book provides a dramatic new challenge to the status quo of constitutional law and argues a vital truth: our Constitution was written not to empower democracy, but to secure liberty. Yet the overemphasis on democracy by today's legal community-rather than the primacy of liberty, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence-has helped expand the scope of government power at the expense of individual rights. Now, more than ever, the Declaration of Independence should be the framework for interpreting our fundamental law. It is the conscience of the Constitution.

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About the Author

Timothy Sandefur is a staff attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation and lives in Rescue, California.

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ISBN 10:  1939709032 ISBN 13:  9781939709035
Publisher: Cato Institute, 2014
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