Three Beginnings: Revolution, Rights, and the Liberal State Comparative Perspectives on the English, American, and French Revolutions

Preface vii

Contributors ix

Introduction 1

Part I: Three Beginnings: The Unfinished Revolution
1. HARVEY C. MANSHELD, JR. The Unfinished
Revolution 9

Part II: Constitutional Statecraft: American and French
Conceptions of Politics
1. GERARD CONAC The French Revolution and American
Constitutionalism: From the Declaration of the Rights
of Man and of the Citizen to the Constitution of 1791 33
2. TERENCE E. MARSIIAI L Constitutional Statecraft in
American and French Conceptions of Politics 71
3. CAROT, BT.UM Commentary 85

Part III: Rights and Revolution: English and American
Perspectives
1. LOIS G. SCITWOERER The English Bill of Rights, 1689:
A Perspective on Libcrty 93
2. CHARLES R. KEST.ER Natural Right in the American
Revolution 115
3. JOHN ALLPHIN MOORE, JR. Commentary 133

Part IV: Revolution and Legitimacy
1. RICHARD ASHCRAFT Revolution, Legitimacy, and
Lockean Liberalism 141
2. TAMAS UNGVARI Revolution, Ambiguity, and Deceit 163
3. I FF C MCDONALD Commentary 177
4. JOHN E. MURPIIY Commentary 183

Appendix
1. English Bill of Rights 191
2. Dcclaration of Independence 195
3. U.S. Bill of Rights and Fourteenth Amendment 199
4. Dcclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen 201
5. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 205

Index 213