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The perpetuation address : the tragedy of America -- The temperance address : playing with fire -- Mr. Lincoln goes to Washington -- A giant with feet of clay -- The faith of our fathers : Lincoln's case for the Declaration -- Legality and legitimacy in the Dred Scott case -- The concept of Dred : facing the abyss of Dred Scott v. Sandford -- Man the miner, man the farmer -- Dividing the House -- In the sahadow of the House divided : Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 -- In the shadow of the Harper's essay : Lincoln Douglas debates of 1859-1860 -- Secession and democratic sovereignty -- And the war came -- Lincoln's constitutionalism -- De(a)dication -- On the Second inaugural address.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The "Perpetuation" Address: The Tragedy of America -- 2. The "Temperance" Address: Playing with Fire -- Transition: February 1842-December 1847 -- 3. Mr. Lincoln Goes to Washington: Popular Sovereignty and the War with Mexico -- Transition: 1849-1851 -- 4. A Giant with Feet of Clay -- Transition: August 1852-September 1854 -- 5. "The Faith of Our Fathers": Lincoln's Case for the Declaration -- 6. Legality and Legitimacy in the Dred Scott Case -- 7. The Concept of Dred: Facing the Abyss of Dred Scott v. Sandford -- 8. Man the Miner, Man the Farmer -- 9. Dividing the House? -- 10. In The Shadow of the House Divided: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 -- Transition: From the Illinois Debates to the Harper's Essay -- 11. In the Shadow of the Harper's Essay: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1859-1860 -- Transition: February 1860-February 1861 -- 12. Secession and Democratic Sovereignty -- 13. And the War Came -- 14. Lincoln's Constitutionalism -- 15. De(a)dication -- 16. On the Second Inaugural Address -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.

"What exactly makes someone a "statesman"? Is a statesman, as it is commonly said, just a dead politician? There is something inherently ambiguous and complex in the notion of statesmanship, and the contributors to this volume attempt to elucidate this ambiguity by considering the statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln. Of all American historical political leaders, Lincoln is probably the most likely candidate for the title of statesman, yet there is also a consistent undercurrent of doubt about Lincoln, amounting in some cases to serious reservations about the quality of his political leadership, and much of this doubt stems from uncertainty or doubt about the concept of statesmanship altogether. The contributors to Lincoln and Democratic Statesmanship argue that the concept is meaningful and that Lincoln represents a democratic form of statesmanship, in the sense that he pursued and achieved a great public good in democratic governance"--

In Natural Rights and the New Republicanism, Michael Zuckert proposes a new view of the political philosophy that lay behind the founding of the United States. In a book that will interest political scientists, historians, and philosophers, Zuckert looks at the Whig or opposition tradition as it developed in England. He argues that there were, in fact, three opposition traditions: Protestant, Grotian, and Lockean. Before the English Civil War the opposition was inspired by the effort to find the "one true Protestant politics--an effort that was seen to be a failure by the end of the Interregn

AbstractAs in all or almost all Shakespeare plays the opening scenes of Macbeth are key to setting up the problem the play addresses. In his Scottish play Shakespeare uses the opening scenes to set the two main contexts in which the regicide, usurpation, tyranny, and fall of the tyrant occur. The two are, we might say, the earthly or political context and the cosmic or superhuman context represented by the witches. In presenting these two contexts Shakespeare appears to be engaging in a dialogue with Machiavelli's Prince, taking cues from Machiavelli's political analysis on how to understand the political character of Scotland and taking issue with Machiavelli's ultimate agenda of a conquest of Fortuna.

AbstractJustice Stephen J. Field was the champion of a form of liberalism often said to be especially friendly to capitalism, the approach to the Constitution traditionally identified with "Lochnerism," i.e., a laissez-faire oriented judicial activism. More recently a form of judicial revisionism has arisen, challenging the accepted descriptions of "Lochnerism" and of Field's jurisprudence. This article is an attempt to extend the revisionist approach by arriving at a more satisfactory understanding of the grounding of Field's jurisprudence in the natural rights philosophy. Field, it turns out, orienting around natural rights, was not so unambiguously friendly to capitalism as previous generations of scholars maintained, but his approach is surely friendlier than the constitutional theories that have replaced natural rights since Field's day.