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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
AvJames Stephen,Stuart D. Warner
Häftad, Engelska, 1993
123 kr
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Students of political theory will welcome the return to print of this brilliant defence of ordered liberty. Impugning John Stuart Mill's famous treatise, On Liberty, Stephen criticised Mill for turning abstract doctrines of the French Revolution into "the creed of a religion". Only the constraints of morality and law make liberty possible, warned Stephen, and attempts to impose unlimited freedom, material equality, and an indiscriminate love of humanity will lead inevitably to coercion and tyranny. Liberty must be restrained by custom and tradition if it is to endure; equality must be limited to equality before the law if it is to be just; and fraternity must include actual men, not the amorphous mass of mankind, if it is to be real and genuine.
War in Disguise, or, The Frauds of the Neutral Flags
AvJames Stephen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
384 kr
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War in Disguise, or, The Frauds of the Neutral Flags
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
244 kr
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Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated, as it Exists Both in law and Practice, and Compared With the Slavery of Other Countries, Ancient and Modern; Volume 1
AvJames Stephen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
437 kr
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Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated, as it Exists Both in law and Practice, and Compared With the Slavery of Other Countries, Ancient and Modern; Volume 1
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
334 kr
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Opportunity; or, Reasons for an Immediate Alliance With St. Domingo. By the Author of "The Crisis of the Sugar Colonies."
AvJames Stephen,Dessalines Jean-Jacques 1758-1806
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
370 kr
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History of Toussaint Louverture
AvJames Stephen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
367 kr
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Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography
AvJames Stephen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
415 kr
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Right Honourable Sir James Stephen
AvCaroline Emelia Stephen,James Stephen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
415 kr
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Crisis Of The Sugar Colonies
AvJames Stephen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
384 kr
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Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries On the Laws of England
Partly Founded On Blackstone; Volume 4
AvJames Stephen,Henry John Stephen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
488 kr
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Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated
Being a Delineation of the State in Point of Law
AvJames Stephen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
489 kr
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Slavery of the British West India Colonies
AvJames Stephen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
460 kr
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History of Toussaint Louverture
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
208 kr
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Crisis Of The Sugar Colonies
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
244 kr
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Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
293 kr
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Right Honourable Sir James Stephen
AvCaroline Emelia Stephen,James Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
296 kr
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Slavery of the British West India Colonies
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
345 kr
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Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries On the Laws of England
Partly Founded On Blackstone; Volume 4
AvJames Stephen,Henry John Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
372 kr
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Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated
Being a Delineation of the State in Point of Law
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
374 kr
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England Enslaved by Her Own Slave Colonies
AvJames Stephen
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
357 kr
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England Enslaved by Her Own Slave Colonies
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
187 kr
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The Crisis of the Sugar Colonies
Or, an Enquiry into the Objects and Probable Effects of the French Expedition to the West Indies
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
459 kr
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Written as four public letters, this book condemns the intention by the French to reinstate older slavery practices on its colonies in the West Indies. James Stephen (1758-1832) was a lawyer who, after moving to St Kitts with his family to earn a living, became a supporter of the abolition movement. On his return to London in 1794, Stephen became involved with the anti-slavery group, the Clapham Sect, whose members included William Wilberforce, and with whom Stephen developed a lifelong friendship. Elected as a Member of Parliament in 1808, Stephen contributed to drafting legislation for slave registration on the island of Trinidad, which became a model for other slave colonies. Stephen believed that the reinstatement of older slavery practices on French colonies in the West Indies would lead to slave revolts, and have significant consequences for the neighbouring British colonies. This work was published in London in 1802.
The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated
As it Exists Both in Law and Practice, and Compared with the Slavery of Other Countries, Antient and Modern
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
803 kr
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The lawyer and leading abolitionist James Stephen (1758-1832) published Volume 1 of The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated in 1824. The volume is an exposure of the cruel and oppressive legal system of slavery in the British West Indies. The work explores the origin of nineteenth-century colonial slave laws, the legal status of individual slaves, the legal relations between slaves and their masters, and the policing and governance of slave populations. In each chapter Stephen exposes the cruelty and inhumanity behind the West Indian slave laws. Stephen had been the legal mastermind of the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which abolished the slave trade in the British Empire but not slavery itself. This important work was influential in directing public opinion against slavery and helped lead towards the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act. It is a key text in the progression of the nineteenth-century abolitionist movement.
The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated
As it Exists Both in Law and Practice, and Compared with the Slavery of Other Countries, Antient and Modern
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
705 kr
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The lawyer and leading abolitionist James Stephen (1758-1832) published Volume 2 of The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated in 1830. The volume is an exposure of the cruel and oppressive practice of slavery in the British West Indies. It investigates the living conditions, feeding and clothing of slave populations; the brutal practices, such as 'slave driving', involved in forcing labour; and, by comparisons of forced and free labour, argues for the complete abolition of slavery. Stephen had been the legal mastermind of the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which abolished the slave trade in the British Empire but not slavery itself. This important work was influential in directing public opinion against slavery and helped lead towards the 1833 Slavery Abolition Act. It is a key text of the nineteenth-century abolitionist movement and is vital for understanding the arguments and debates that led to abolition.
The Opportunity, or Reasons for an Immediate Alliance with St. Domingo
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
409 kr
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James Stephen (1758-1832) was a British lawyer and slavery abolitionist. After qualifying for the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1782 Stephen sailed for St Kitts in 1783. The atrocities committed against slaves which he witnessed in the West Indies converted him to the abolitionist cause, and after his return to England in 1794 he campaigned on behalf of the abolition movement. This volume, first published in 1804, contains Stephen's discussion of Britain's political choices following the successful Haitian Revolution (1791-1804). Before the Revolution, Haiti was one of the wealthiest colonies in the Caribbean, which Britain had attempted unsuccessfully to acquire by force. Stephen explores the complex political situation created by Haiti's declaration of independence, and advocates for Britain to acknowledge Haiti as a sovereign state. Stephen's thorough assessment of Britain's political choices and their potential impact provides valuable insights into contemporary trade and political motivations surrounding Haiti.
Questions for Law Students on the Fifth Edition of Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England.
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
316 kr
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Questions for Law Students on the Second Edition of Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England.
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
300 kr
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A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a Summary Account of the Whole Proceedings in a Suit at Law.
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska
370 kr
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Slavery of the British West India Colonies
AvJames Stephen
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
422 kr
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James Stephen – författare

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

War in Disguise, or, The Frauds of the Neutral Flags

War in Disguise, or, The Frauds of the Neutral Flags

Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated, as it Exists Both in law and Practice, and Compared With the Slavery of Other Countries, Ancient and Modern; Volume 1

Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated, as it Exists Both in law and Practice, and Compared With the Slavery of Other Countries, Ancient and Modern; Volume 1

Opportunity; or, Reasons for an Immediate Alliance With St. Domingo. By the Author of "The Crisis of the Sugar Colonies."

History of Toussaint Louverture

Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography

Right Honourable Sir James Stephen

Crisis Of The Sugar Colonies

Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries On the Laws of England

Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated

Slavery of the British West India Colonies

History of Toussaint Louverture

Crisis Of The Sugar Colonies

Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography

Right Honourable Sir James Stephen

Slavery of the British West India Colonies

Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries On the Laws of England

Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated

England Enslaved by Her Own Slave Colonies

England Enslaved by Her Own Slave Colonies

The Crisis of the Sugar Colonies

The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated

The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated

The Opportunity, or Reasons for an Immediate Alliance with St. Domingo

Questions for Law Students on the Fifth Edition of Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England.

Questions for Law Students on the Second Edition of Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England.

A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a Summary Account of the Whole Proceedings in a Suit at Law.

Slavery of the British West India Colonies