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Bruce Ackerman

Bruce Ackerman is professor of law and political science at Yale Law School. Among his many books are (with Anne Alstott) The Stakeholder Society (Yale University Press, 1999), and The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy (Harvard University Press, 2005). His latest book is Before the Next Attack: Preserving Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism (Yale University Press, 2006)

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A liberal manifesto for America

The need to renew democracy after the Bush fiasco has inspired a manifesto reaffirming core liberal values. Bruce Ackerman, the initiative's co-architect, explains its purpose.