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Title

Law and philosophy subversive of democracy / James W. Syfers.

Author

Syfers, James W., 1932-

Publication

New York : Peter Lang, c2003.

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Description

xviii, 206 p. : chart; 23 cm.

Summary

• "Law and Philosophy Subversive of Democracy explores certain bodies of law - as well as a deep-seated cultural-philosophical premise behind the law - that are subversive of democracy in the United States.
• James W. Syfers examines the basis of the opposition to the International Bill of Human Rights (IBHR) - the international legal foundation for democracy worldwide - in the same cultural-philosophical premise known as philosophic individualism"--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

San Francisco State University series in philosophy ; v. 4

Uniform Title

San Francisco State University series in philosophy ; v. 4.

Subject

• Antitrust law > United States
• Industrial concentration > United States
• Economic liberties (U.S. Constitution)
• Democracy > United States
• Law > Philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-206).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The San Francisco State University Series in Philosophy / Anatole Anton -- Preface / Laurence H. Shoup -- Law Subversive of Democracy -- The Right of Association: The Shameful History of a Right Fundamental to Democracy -- Human Rights vs. Classical Liberalism: An Essay on Metaphysics and the Theory of Value -- Some Legal and Moral Consequences of Philosophic Individualism -- The Metaphysical Basis of Racism in Western Civilization -- The Decline of the West: An Essay on Western Civilization and Its Values -- App. I. How Democratic is the Constitution? The Case of Voting Rights / Kurt Nutting -- App. II. The International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights.

ISBN

0820428876 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00064768^

OCLC

44869110

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Harvard Library