Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-424) and index.
Contents
Old Regime origins of democratic liberty -- From the lessons of French history to truths for all times and all people : the historical origins of an anti-historical declaration -- Betwixt cattle and men : Jews, Blacks, and women and the Declaration of the Rights of Man -- The idea of a Declaration of Rights -- National sovereignty and the general will : the political program of the Declaration of Rights -- Safeguarding the rights of the accused : lawyers and political trials in France, 1716-1789 -- Religious toleration and freedom of expression -- Property, sovereignty, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and the tradition of French jurisprudence.
