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    <title>American constitutional order</title>
    <subTitle>history, cases, and philosophy</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Kmiec, Douglas W.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>LexisNexis</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2004</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2004</dateIssued>
    <edition>2nd ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>liii, 1600 + various pagings: 26 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents: The Philosophical and natural law basis of the American order: remote and immediate ancestors -- The Declaration and its constitution - linking first principles to necessary means -- A Structurally- divided, but workable, government -- A Limited government of enumerated power -- A Government mindful of dual sovereignty -- A Fair government -- A Government commitment to freedom -- A Government commitment to equality -- A Government of imperfect knowledge  of Inkblots, liberty and life itself.  </tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Douglas W. Kmiec ... [et al.].</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Philosophy</topic>
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    <topic>Constitutional history</topic>
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