AMERICAN INTERPRETATIONS OF NATURAL LAW: A Study in the History of Political Thought

First Printing. x, [5], 4-360pp. 8vo, sewn binding in burgundy cloth, gilt spine lettering and blind-ruled covers. Spine just slightly leaning, a few pages nicked at the fore head corner, otherwise a very clean and fresh copy with the scarce DJ chipped at the tips, spine toned and torn horizontally at the tail, price of $3.50 intact. First authored work by the noted American authority on Constitutional Law, longtime Harvard Professor and President of Smith College. Tracing a historical survey of Natural Law discourse from diverse American voices from Cotton Mather to Thomas Paine, Wright shows how the idea has been 'peculiarly linked twith certain distinctively American ideas and traditions. . It has played a large part in the formaton of the leading principles of constitutional law, it has been invoked in all the greater political controversies, and it has been relied upon by nearly all those who have attempted to formulate systematic statements of the principles of political philosophy.' In his review of the book, Francis Coker states, 'its historical survey is so complete and authentic that a study of that sort will not have to be made again' -- a judgment ratified by the fact that the book remains in print today with Routledge in its 'Library of Liberal Thought' series.'.…