Freedom is the bread of the spirit (What does the wise and freedom-loving man and slave-owner-democrat Thomas Jefferson teach us?)

Idei ◽

10.34017/1313-9703-2020-1(15)-2(16)-86-105 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 86-105

Author(s):

Ангел Гранчаров

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Thomas Jefferson ◽

Slave Owner

The author rethinks the activities and views of Thomas Jefferson in the context of modernity, in particular his attitude to the problems of freedom, human rights, the formation of democracy, the art of government, etc.

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Existing Evidence

How Constitutional Rights Matter ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190871451.003.0003 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 59-78

Author(s):

Adam S. Chilton ◽

Mila Versteeg

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Thomas Jefferson ◽

Constitutional Rights ◽

James Madison ◽

Government Behavior ◽

Related Literature ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

The Core ◽

Quantitative Studies

This chapter reviews the existing body of evidence on constitutional rights effectiveness. Although the debate over whether constitutional rights change government behavior extends back at least to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, there is remarkably little empirical research that focuses specifically on this question. However, there are several academic literatures that are relevant to the topic. Because most legal scholars operate under the assumption that rights matter, it begins by very briefly reviewing some of the normative arguments for including rights. It then proceeds to discuss existing qualitative and quantitative studies on rights effectiveness. Finally, it discusses some of the core findings from a related literature on human rights treaty effectiveness.

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The Problem of Revolution in the Age of Slavery: Clotel, Fiction, and the Government of Man

Representations ◽

10.1525/rep.2005.91.1.84 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 91 (1) ◽

pp. 84-108 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

DEAK NABERS

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Civil War ◽

American Revolution ◽

Thomas Jefferson ◽

The Novel ◽

Anglo American ◽

The Government

ABSTRACT This essay situates William Wells Brown's novel Clotel; or, the President's Daughter (1854) in the context of Anglo-American antislavery challenges to the legitimacy of the American Revolution on the eve of the Civil War. Brown's ambivalent approach to Thomas Jefferson in his novel matches what could be seen in the 1850s as Jefferson's ambivalent approach to human rights as a revolutionary leader. In foregrounding authorial power over his characters, Brown deploys the novel form as a way of examining the implications of the government of man.

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