发明自由
Inventing freedom
Daniel Hannan · 初版 2013 年
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为什么全世界都在说英语？为什么每个国家都至少表面上向往代议制政府、个人自由和独立司法？本书是一部雄心勃勃的记述，描绘了这些原则的历史渊源与传播过程，以及它们在创造一个既至关重要又岌岌可危的经济与政治自由领域中所扮演的角色。作者 Daniel Hannan 认为，我们认为对于维护与捍卫自由必不可少的思想和制度——个人权利、私有财产、法治以及代议制政府的制度——并
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……只能来自一段漫长的和平时期，在此期间没有可信的外部威胁来削弱公众为了反抗贵族掠夺而捍卫法定自由的意志。你应该去读读极为出色的《Inventing Freedom》，它详细阐述了英国法律与商业创新是如何诞生的。http://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Freedom-English-Speaking-Peo...
…can only come from a long period of time where there is no credible external threat sapping public will to uphold legal freedoms against aristocratic depredations. You should read the very excellent Inventing Freedom, it elaborates on how British legal and commercial innovations came to be. http://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Freedom-English-Speaking-Peo...
……法律体系站在他们那边。为了补全你的政治通识教育，这本书能填补独裁统治与英语圈国家所享有的那种民主制度之间的认知空白：https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Freedom-English-Speaking-Pe... 这本书会向你展示自由在何种条件下得以孕育，并真正让你体会到美国的难能可贵——当然，读完还要用《独裁者手册》（Dictator's Handbook）里的教训来中和一下……
…legal system on their side. To complete your political education, this book will fill in the gaps between dictatorship and the kind of democracy that Anglosphere nations enjoy: https://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Freedom-English-Speaking-Pe... This book will show you the conditions in which freedom develops and really makes you appreciate the United States, tempered of course by the lessons in the Dictator's Handbook…
……普通法（Common Law）展现了一个极其引人入胜的迭代法律过程，它在数百年间构成了抵御君主压迫的坚固堡垒。想要一本不错的入门书，可以看看这本：http://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Freedom-English-Speaking-Peo...
…Common Law reveals a fascinatingly iterative legal process that formed a bulwark against monarchal oppression for hundreds of years. For a good introduction, check out this book: http://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Freedom-English-Speaking-Peo...
Daniel Hannan 写的《Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World》。其他地方还没出现过能够与之相提并论的成果。
Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World by Daniel Hannan No comparable offer has emerged elsewhere.