LEADER 02858nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910162831103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-68275-144-9 010 $a1-282-48869-4 010 $a1-936218-05-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000006031 035 $a(EBL)478420 035 $a(OCoLC)536347238 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000358751 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12102574 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358751 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10377168 035 $a(PQKB)10198954 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC478420 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL478420 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10360020 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL248869 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000006031 100 $a20090724d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDemocracy at the crossroads$b[electronic resource] $eprinces, peasants, poets, and presidents in the struggle for (and against) the rule of law /$fCraig S. Barnes 210 $aGolden, CO $cFulcrum$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 225 0 $aSpeaker's corner 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55591-726-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; 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 Ignored 327 $a14: 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 Chaos 330 $aAn eye-opening treatise on the international foundations of our liberty and its current challenges. 410 0$aSpeaker's Corner 606 $aDemocracy$xHistory 606 $aRule of law$xHistory 606 $aCivil rights$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory. 615 0$aRule of law$xHistory. 615 0$aCivil rights$xHistory. 676 $a321.8 700 $aBarnes$b Craig S$0914539 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162831103321 996 $aDemocracy at the crossroads$92274631 997 $aUNINA