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vii c o n t e n t s Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. On Concepts as Cultural Entities 11 2. “. . . the Fundamental Rights and Liberties of Mankind . . .”: The Architecture of the Rights of Mankind 48 3. “There Are, Thank God, Natural, Inherent and Inseparable Rights as Men . . .”: The Architecture of American Rights 131 4. “The Rights of Man Were but Imperfectly Understood at the Revolution”: The Architecture of Rights of Man 206 5. The Futures of Human Rights 274 Index 289 ...

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