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The Catholic Second Amendment, David B. Kopel Jan 2006

The Catholic Second Amendment, David B. Kopel

David B Kopel

At the beginning of the second millennium, there was no separation of church and state, and kings ruled the church. Tyrannicide was considered sinful. By the end of the thirteenth century, however, everything had changed. The Little Renaissance that began in the eleventh century led to a revolution in political and moral philosophy, so that using force to overthrow a tyrannical government became a positive moral duty. The intellectual revolution was an essential step in the evolution of Western political philosophy that eventually led to the American Revolution.

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The Citizenship Dialectic, Ediberto Roman Dec 2005

The Citizenship Dialectic, Ediberto Roman

Ediberto Roman

Excerpt: Although over thirty years ago a leading constitutionalist declared that the

concept of citizenship is of little significance in American constitutional

law, the last two decades have witnessed what several writers have declared

"an explosion of interest in the concept of citizenship. The renewed

theoretical focus was sparked by recent world-wide political events and

trends including, but not limited to, increasing voter apathy and long-term

welfare dependency in the United States, the resurgence of nationalist

movements in Eastern Europe, and the stresses created by increasingly

multicultural and multiracial populations in Western Europe. Recent events

suggest that scholarly interest will …

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