The French Idea of Freedom: The Old Regime and the Declaration of Rights of 1789

Acknowledgements Contributors Declaration on the rights of man and of the citizen Introduction Dale Van Kley Part I. Context: 1. Old regime origins of democratic liberty David D. Bien 2. From the lessons of French history to truths for all times and all people: the historical origins of an anti-historical declaration Dale Van Kley 3. Betwixt cattle and men: Jews, blacks, and women, and the declaration of the rights of man Shanti Marie Singham 4. The idea of a declaration of rights Keith Michael Baker Part II. Text: 5. National sovereignty and the general will: the political program of the declaration of rights J. K. Wright 6. Safeguarding the rights of the accused: lawyers and political trials in France, 1716-1789 David A. Bell 7. Religious toleration and freedom of expression Raymond Birn 8. Property, sovereignty, the declaration of the rights of man, and the tradition of French jurisprudence Thomas E. Kaiser Glossary Abbreviations Notes Index.