Liberty, Property, and the Foundations of the American Constitution

Here is what the Framers of the Constitution thought about economic rights. To the current debate over constitutional interpretation, this book adds a dispassionate examination of our beginnings. It focuses on the philosophical, political, and social currents that influenced the thought and behavior of the Framers.

What was the relationship between property rights and liberty? How important to the Framers was the protection of economic liberties? In what ways does the Constitution protect these liberties? Was the Constitution a document forged with the intent of securing what would later be called a capitalist system? Or were the Framers primarily concerned with promoting a society based upon civic virtue? These are a few of the major themes that the authors of this volume address.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Paul, Ellen Frankel
Published: 12/20/1988
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 9780887069154
Pages: 181
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d