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The Declaration of Independence and God : self-evident truths in American law /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Owen J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Religion and law > United States.
United States. > Declaration of Independence.
Table of Contents:
  • The formula of the Declaration of Independence : epistemology, metaphysics, ethics
  • Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine
  • The reformed influence on common sense philosophy
  • Common sense and self-evident in law
  • Intuition and the self-evident in law
  • Naturalism, Darwinism, the self-evident, and law
  • Revivalism, new religious movements, and law
  • Liberal theology and legal transformations
  • Secular and religious goods in the twentieth century
  • Building on past insights : a philosophy of history.