02825nam 2200625Ia 450 991082593150332120230721005753.01-68275-144-91-282-48869-41-936218-05-4(CKB)2550000000006031(EBL)478420(OCoLC)536347238(SSID)ssj0000358751(PQKBManifestationID)12102574(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358751(PQKBWorkID)10377168(PQKB)10198954(MiAaPQ)EBC478420(Au-PeEL)EBL478420(CaPaEBR)ebr10360020(CaONFJC)MIL248869(EXLCZ)99255000000000603120090724d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDemocracy at the crossroads[electronic resource] princes, peasants, poets, and presidents in the struggle for (and against) the rule of law /Craig S. BarnesGolden, CO Fulcrum20091 online resource (272 p.)Speaker's cornerDescription based upon print version of record.1-55591-726-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue: John Cooke Indicts His Majesty the King; A Pocket History of the Rule of Law; 1: The Long Life of Lying; 2: The Short Life of an Honest Man in Rome; 3: The Miserable Life of a Feudal King; 4: The Half-life of Feudalism and the Birth of Law; 5: Poets as Midwives; 6: The Cradle Century; 7: A Rebel Even a King Would Save; 8: Unparalleled Courage, Fraud, and Revolution; 9: The Birth of a Republic; Rebirth of the Feudal Mind in the United States; 10: To Suspend the Law, Again; 11: Special Courts, Again; 12: War Privileges, Again; 13: The Law of Nations Ignored14: While Congress Slept15: Today's Tug-of-War; American Values Deeper than Capitalism, Deeper than Law; 16: Beyond the Eternal Order of Lying; 17: Beyond Pure Self-Interest; 18: Beyond the Sword; 19: Beyond the Easy Lie; 20: Beyond Bribery; An Age Ends; 21: Finding Direction in a Time of ChaosAn eye-opening treatise on the international foundations of our liberty and its current challenges.Speaker's CornerDemocracyHistoryRule of lawHistoryCivil rightsHistoryDemocracyHistory.Rule of lawHistory.Civil rightsHistory.321.8Barnes Craig S1623867MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825931503321Democracy at the crossroads4104146UNINA