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Library Guides
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AKCode of Hammurabi (~1760 BCE) — Analysis by translator C.H.W. Johns.
Ancient Greek
and Latin Library — This goes to a submenu with its own link to a page for purchasing.
AThe [Roman] Civil
Law, tr. & ed. Samuel Parsons Scott (1932) — Lawbook Exchange reprint.
A"Constitution" of Medina (Dustur
al-Madinah), Mohammed (622) — Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam, Vol. 23.
APolicraticus, John of Salisbury
(1159) — Good scholarly edition, well annotated.
AConstitutions of
Clarendon (1164) — Book containing it with other documents.
AAssize of Clarendon
(1166) — Book containing it with other documents.
AAssize of Arms
(1181) — Book containing it with other documents.
AMagna Carta (1215) — Readable analysis and commentary.
U. Chicago Press: (Vol. 1-4 appear to be out of print.)
Revolution:
A5A6A7 U. Virginia Press:
Congress:
A11A12A17
Sec. State:
A1A2A3A4A5A6A7A8
President:
A1A2A3A4A5 Works of James Madison — Several print collections.
ATucker's
Blackstone, St. George Tucker (1803) — The Commentaries on the
Laws of England by William Blackstone (1769), with additional commentaries
by Tucker adapting the common law to the needs of the U.S. Constitution — Lawbook Exchange reprint.
AAn Inquiry into the
Principles and Policy of the Government of the United States, John
Taylor (1814) — Lawbook Exchange reprint.
AConstruction Construed and Constitutions
Vindicated, John Taylor (1820) — Lawbook Exchange reprint.
ATyranny
Unmasked, John Taylor (1821) — Cosimo Classics (2005).
AThe
Elements of the Art of Packing, As Applied to Special Juries, Particularly in
Cases of Libel Law, Jeremy Bentham (written 1809, published 1821)
— W. Tait (1843).
ANew Views of
the Constitution of the United States, John Taylor (1823) — Regnery Publishing (2000).
ACommentaries on American Law,
James Kent (1826) — Fred B Rothman & Co. (merged into William S. Hein & Co.); 12th edition (1989).
AA View of the
Constitution, William Rawle (1829) — Lawbook Exchange reprint.
AWorks of Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
— Little, Brown and Co. (1860).
AHayne-Webster Debate (1830) — Cornell University Library.
ASelected
Works of John C. Calhoun, (1831) — Gateway Editions (2003)
KA Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States, John C. Calhoun (1831)
KA Disquisition on Government, John C. Calhoun (1831)
ACommentaries on the
Constitution of the United States, Joseph Story (1833) —
Lawbook Exchange reprint.
AKA Brief Enquiry into
the True Nature and Character of our Federal Government, ..., Abel
Parker Upshur (1840, 1868) — Lawbook Exchange reprint.
ASeneca Falls
Declaration, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1848). — Teaching & Learning Co (November 1, 2002).
ACivil
Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau (1849) — bnpublishing.com (June 2, 2006).
AASelected Political
Works of John Stuart Mill (~1860-9) — Includes On Liberty,
Representative Government, Utilitarianism, and The Subjection
of Women. Different collections.
IDocuments and Commentary on Slavery, the Confederate
States of America, and the 1861-65 War of Secession.
AThe American
Republic: its Constitution, Tendencies, and Destiny, O. A. Brownson
(1866) — Kessinger Publishing.
AA Treatise on the
Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the Legislative Powers of The States
of the American Union, Thomas M. Cooley (1868, 1883) — Lawbook Exchange reprint.
AThe General
Principles of Constitutional Law in the United States of America,
Thomas M. Cooley (1891) — Lawbook Exchange reprint.
AThe Evolution of the
Constitution of the United States, Sydney George Fisher (1897). — Lawbook Exchange reprint.
AThe Grand
Jury, George J. Edwards (1906) — Lawbook Exchange reprint.
AThe Colonial Militias of New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland — Edwin Mellen Press (1997).
AThe Colonial Militia of the Southern States, 1606-1785 — Edwin Mellen Press (1997).
AThe Rise and Decline of the American Militia System — Susquehanna University Press (1999).
Selected Works on Tyranny — To understand the
principles of constitutional republican government, one must understand the
principles of its opposite.
Trials of Liberty —
Some of the best expositions of law and constitutional principles are made
during trials.
Landmark Court Decisions
— Includes commentaries on the rulings and the opinions.
Constitutional History & Commentary — Books,
anthologies, and essays.
History & Economics
Background — Books, anthologies, and essays.
Legal Briefs Collection — Organized by
subject.
Law Review Article Collection — Organized by
subject.
Common Law Writs — Sometimes called Extraordinary Remedies, they are key to understanding the Constitution.
U.S. State Constitutions and Web
Sites
National Constitutions
— The supreme laws of many of the most important countries, for
comparative analysis.
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