The philosophy of the modern state contained in Reflections made people rethink what it meant to be a Whig.
Rejecting abstract ideologies, Lord Acton believed liberty was not a means but an end.
Bastiat's blend of economics and theistic liberalism can support freedom, justice, and enduring prosperity.
The real history of America's political pulpit defies simple categorization, but is essential to understanding our nation's past.
A new compilation of an old British debate sheds light on what makes armies safe for liberty.
Althusius offers a rich constitutionalism that empowers persons to thrive alongside one another in deliberate communities.
The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman stands among the classics of Anglo-American intellectual history.
Wormersley's volume addresses the sources of American Revolution and how those ideas fashioned American understandings of liberty.
Trevor Colbourn seeks to understand the intellectual world the Founders inhabited, in part, by compiling inventories of what they read.
M.J.C. Vile's Constitutionalism and the Separation of Powers tells the story of a political tradition largely lost in the west.
John Dickinson’s Letters from a Farmer capture the intellectual undercurrent of the Revolution.
Historically, the legal order of England prioritized prudence and gradualism over fanaticism and ideology.
The Liberal Mind traces the evolution of liberalism from protecting natural rights to constant protesting today.
Edward S. Corwin's The "Higher Law" Background of American Constitutional Law offers some insight into the early influences on our law.