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Acknowledgements
A book is like an author: a blending of communion and solitude. The faults of the book are mine alone, but many people helped make the manuscript better. At Cambria, Paul Richardson has been a conscientious and supportive editor. At Waseda, Profs. Asako Hiroshi and Sasakura Hideo taught me legal history and philosophy, Japanese and non-. At Wisconsin, scholars Viren Murthy, Mitra Sharafi, and Rick Keyser provided invaluable comments on the dissertation and MA thesis which are the parent and grandparent of this volume. Dennis, Derek, Ilyas, Michael, and Hye Eun were good friends. A special thanks to the communities at St. Paul’s and Holy Redeemer, and to the fine writers at the Madison Speakeasy.
Solitude and community, and also body and soul. Money from these institutions and entities, in the form of scholarships, fellowships, grants, and travel funds, kept body and soul together while I worked on this project both alone and with others: Wisconsin Right to Life, the Fulbright Foundation, Institute for Humane Studies, Intercollegiate Studies Institute (Richard Weaver Fellowship), the Federalist Society, Liberty Fund, the Philadelphia Society, and the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. A warm note of gratitude to the LvMI in particular, which gave me a summer home for, at long last, the unfettered exchange of big ideas.