Property and the Pursuit of Happiness

Locke, the Declaration of Independence, Madison, and the Challenge of the Administrative State

Edward J. Erler (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2019
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-3086-5 (ISBN)

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Property and the Pursuit of Happiness presents an account of the crucial role the right to property played in the American founding. This right was understood by the founders as the “pursuit of happiness,” which Edward J. Erler argues was considered to be both a natural right and a moral obligation.

Property and the Pursuit of Happiness presents an account of the crucial role the right to property understood in the comprehensive sense as the right that included every other right played in the American founding. This right was understood by the founders as the “pursuit of happiness,” which Edward J. Erler argues was considered to be both a natural right and a moral obligation. This book examines the works of John Locke, the English philosopher who had a profound influence on the American founding.

Edward J. Erler is Professor of Political Science emeritus at California State University, San Bernardino, and is a senior fellow of The Claremont Institute. He is the author of The American Polity: Essays on the Theory and Practice of Constitutional Government, co-author of The Founders on Citizenship and Immigration, and has published numerous articles in law reviews and professional journals. Among his most recent articles are “The Decline and Fall of the Right to Property: Government as Universal Landlord;” and “The Second Amendment as a Reflection of First Principles;” he has also published several articles in the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. Dr. Erler was a member of the California Advisory Commission on Civil Rights from 1988-2006 and served on the California Constitutional Revision Commission in 1996. He has testified before the House and Senate Judiciary Committee on birthright citizenship, voting rights and other civil rights issues.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.07.2019
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 235 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Sachenrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-5381-3086-6 / 1538130866
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-3086-5 / 9781538130865
Zustand	Neuware