On the spirit of rights. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dan Edelstein.
• Authors: Edelstein, Dan
• Contents: How to think about rights in early modern Europe -- Early modern rights regimes -- When did rights become "rights"? -- From the wars of religion to the dawn of enlightenment -- From liberalism to liberty: natural rights in the French enlightenment -- The laws of nature in neo-stoicism and science -- Rights and revolutions -- Natural constitutionalism and American rights -- From nature to nation: French revolutionary rights -- Conclusion: a stand-in for the Universal Declaration: 1789-1948.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (pages)
• Subjects: 323.09; History -- General; Human rights -- History; Natural law -- History; Human rights -- France -- History; Human rights -- United States -- History; Human rights; Natural law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights; History -- Europe -- France; History -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800); Political Science -- History & Theory; Philosophy -- Political; France; United States; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226589039
• Related ISBNs: 022658903X; 9780226588988; 022658898X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 12, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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