The Declaration of Independence and the American Theory of Government: “First Come Rights, and Then Comes Government”

Authors

Randy E. Barnett, Georgetown University Law CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Abstract

The topic of this panel is the Declaration of Independence, to which I devoted a chapter of my recent book, Our Republican Constitution. I want to draw on that book to make five points.

Publication Citation

Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 42, Issue 1, 23-28.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Barnett, Randy E., "The Declaration of Independence and the American Theory of Government: “First Come Rights, and Then Comes Government”" (2019). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 2150.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2150