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All of these reviews of books on law reveal that early in his public life Burke had acquired an encyclopedic knowledge of civil, criminal, constitutional, and Natural Law. But his knowledge of the law is most clearly evident in his ...
All of these reviews of books on law reveal that early in his public life Burke had acquired an encyclopedic knowledge of civil, criminal, constitutional, and Natural Law. But his knowledge of the law is most clearly evident in his ...
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He stressed the importance of legal prescription and the common law, of a balanced growth and change, combining past inheritance and present needs, and of the "wisdom of our ancestors," as embodied in living social traditions and civil ...
He stressed the importance of legal prescription and the common law, of a balanced growth and change, combining past inheritance and present needs, and of the "wisdom of our ancestors," as embodied in living social traditions and civil ...
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tionary theory of man and civil society. Burke was the first public man in Europe to perceive the ideological basis of the Revolution, centered in a materialistic conception of man and a mechanistic conception of society.
tionary theory of man and civil society. Burke was the first public man in Europe to perceive the ideological basis of the Revolution, centered in a materialistic conception of man and a mechanistic conception of society.
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If we consider only Burke's immediate practical intention — to warn his countrymen and Europeans who cherished a Christian and Natural Law conception of civil society against the rationalism and the a priori, speculative, ...
If we consider only Burke's immediate practical intention — to warn his countrymen and Europeans who cherished a Christian and Natural Law conception of civil society against the rationalism and the a priori, speculative, ...
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They have emphasized the importance of his appeals to social traditions and manners, to legal prescription and laws, to his passion for liberty connected with civil order and legal justice, to his veneration of "the wisdom of our ...
They have emphasized the importance of his appeals to social traditions and manners, to legal prescription and laws, to his passion for liberty connected with civil order and legal justice, to his veneration of "the wisdom of our ...
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Contents
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| 19 | |
| 47 | |
An Abridgment of English History 1757 | 76 |
Selections from Book Reviews in the Annual Register | 104 |
A Short Account of a Late Short Administration 1766 | 117 |
Speech on Conciliation 1775 | 176 |
Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol 1777 | 223 |
Tract on the Popery Laws 1765 | 253 |
A Letter to a Peer of Ireland 1782 | 274 |
A Letter to Sir Hercules Langrishe 1792 | 288 |
A Letter to Richard Burke 1793 | 320 |
A Letter to William Smith 1795 | 330 |
Speech on Economical Reform 1780 | 341 |
Speech on the Middlesex Election 1771 | 363 |
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| Title | Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches |
| Author | Edmund Burke |
| Editor | Peter James Stanlis |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 141282222X, 9781412822220 |
| Length | 585 pages |
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