Republican Legal Theory

The History, Constitution and Purposes of Law in a Free State

By M.N.S. Sellers
(Palgrave Macmillan, Hardcover, 9781403915757, 288pp.)

Publication Date: December 2003

Categories: Government - Executive Branch, History & Theory - General, Legal History

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Republican Legal Theory discusses the history, constitution and purposes of law in a free state. This is the most comprehensive study since James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and The Federalist of republican legal ideas. Sellers explains the importance of popular sovereignty, the rule of law, the separation of powers, and other essential republican checks and balances in protecting liberty and against tyranny and corruption.




About the Author

M.N.S. Sellers is Professor of Law and Director, Center for International Law, at the University of Baltimore.

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