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: Legal History, Government - Executive Branch, History & Theory - General
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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.
M.N.S. Sellers is Professor of Law and Director, Center for International Law, at the University of Baltimore.











