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Timothy Sandefur

Издател: Cato Institute

Timothy Sandefur's insightful new book provides a dramatic new challenge to the status quo of constitutional law and argues a vital truth: our Constitution was written not to empower democracy, but to secure liberty. Yet the overemphasis on democracy by today's legal community-rather than the primacy of liberty, as expressed in the Declaration of

Lee Edwards

Издател: The Heritage Foundation

With an insider's view, Bringing Justice to the People charts the evolution of the freedom-based public interest law movement's fight against such judicial activism, from the birth of the Pacific Legal Foundation on through the political and legal battles fought and won, including school choice, religious liberty, and racial preferences.

John Trenchard , Thomas Gordon

Издател: Liberty Fund

"Almost a generation before Washington, Henry, and Jefferson were even born, two Englishmen, concealing their identities with the honored ancient name of Cato, wrote newspaper articles condemning tyranny and advancing principles of liberty that immensely influenced American colonists. The Englishmen were John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon. Their

James Wilson

Издател: Liberty Fund

This two-volume set brings together a collection of writings and speeches of James Wilson, one of only six signers of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, and one of the most influential members of the federal Constitutional Convention in 1787. Wilson’s writings and speeches had a significant impact on the

Robert A. Goldwin (editor), Art Kaufman (editor)

Издател: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Eighty new constitutions, more than half of the written national constitutions in effect, have been written and adopted just since 1974, an average of more than five a year. At a time when the United States is observing the two-hundreth anniversary of its Constitution, the median age of all constitutions in the world is less than fifteen years.