Adams' Study of Constitutions and Governments that Influenced the Founders Adams, John. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. Originally published: Philadelphia: Printed by Budd and Bartram, for William Corbett, 1797. 3 Vols. xxxiii, 392; [4], 451; [4], 546 pp. Reprinted 2001, 2016 by... More
Baldwin, Henry. A General View of the Origin and Nature of the Constitution and Government of the United States, Deduced from the Political History and Condition of the Colonies and States, from 1774 until 1788. And the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. Together with Opinions in... More
Bancroft, George. History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America. Second Edition. Originally published: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1882. 2 Vols. xxiv, 520; xiv, 501 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770022. ISBN-10: 1584770023. Hardcover. New. $175. * Traces the... More
Bauer, Elizabeth Kelley. Commentaries on the Constitution 1790-1860. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1952. 400 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363663; ISBN-10: 1886363668. Hardcover. New. $45. * A thorough survey and examination of the "formal commentaries" on the Constitution that were written as summaries... More
Beard, Charles. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. Originally published: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. vii, 330 pp. Reprinted 2001, 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771111; ISBN-10: 1584771119. Hardcover. New. $34.95 * Beard's interpretation proposes that the Framers of the Federal Constitution were... More
Beard, Charles. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. Originally published: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. vii, 330 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616192075; ISBN-10: 1616192070. Paperback. New. $24.95 * Beard's interpretation proposes that the Framers of the Federal Constitution were motivated... More
Beard, Charles A. The Supreme Court and the Constitution. Originally published: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912. vii, 127 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363786; ISBN-10: 1886363781. Hardcover. New. $45. * A thorough analysis of the early history and development of judicial review, from 1787 through... More
Tucker's Blackstone Blackstone, Sir William Tucker, St. George, Editor. Blackstone's Commentaries: with notes of reference to the Constitution and Laws, of the Federal Government of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In Five Volumes, with an Appendix to Each volume, Containing Short Tracts upon Such Subjects As... More
Bondy, William. Separation of Governmental Powers in History, in Theory, and in the Constitutions. Originally published: New York: Columbia College, 1896. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. vi, [7]-185, [1] pp. ISBN-13: 9781886363656; ISBN-10: 188636365X. Hardcover. New. $65. * Examines theories relating to the powers of the court and... More
Brown, Everett S. The Constitutional History of the Louisiana Purchase 1803-1812. Originally published: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1920. xi, 248 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771517; ISBN-10: 1584771518. Hardcover. New. $75. * Originally published as Volume X of the University of California Publications in History... More
Brown, Everett Somerville. Ratification of the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: State Convention Records and Laws. Originally published: Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1938. xi, 718 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584772781; ISBN-10: 1584772786. Hardcover. New. $29.95 * Enacted in 1919... More
Calhoun, John C. A Disquisition on Government and a Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States. Edited by Richard K. Cralle. Originally published: Charleston, S.C.: Steam Power-Press of Walker and James, 1851. viii, 406 pp. Reprinted 2002, 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771272; ISBN-10: 1584771275... More
Chambrun, Adolphe de. The Executive Power in the United States: A Study of Constitutional Law. Translated From the Original French by Mrs. Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren. Originally published: Lancaster: Inquirer Printing and Publishing Company, 1874. xvii, 19-288, 15 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774020; ISBN-10: 1584774029. Hardcover... More
Notable Early Treatise on the Principles of American Government Chipman, Nathaniel. Principles of Government. A Treatise on Free Institutions Including the Constitution of the United States. Originally published: Burlington: Edward Smith, 1833. viii, 144, 145a-188a, [145]-330 pp. Reprinted 2001, 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770466; ISBN-10: 1584770465. Hardcover... More
Notable Early Treatise on the Principles of American Government Chipman, Nathaniel. Principles of Government. A Treatise on Free Institutions Including the Constitution of the United States. Originally published: Burlington: Edward Smith, 1833. viii, 144, 145a-188a, [145]-330 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616191740; ISBN-10: 1616191740. Paperback. New... More
Clark, Floyd Barzilia. The Constitutional Doctrines of Justice Harlan. Originally published: Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1915. ix, 208 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774464. ISBN-10: 1584774460. Hardcover. New. $24.95 * During his long tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court John Marshall Harlan [1833-1911] wrote numerous... More
Cohn, Morris M. An Introduction to the Study of the Constitution; A Study showing the Play of Physical and Social Factors in the Creation of Institutional Law. Originally published: Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1892. xi, 235 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584770329. ISBN-10: 1584770325. Hardcover... More
Collins, Charles Wallace. The Fourteenth Amendment and the States: A Study of the Operation of the Restraint Clauses of Section One of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1912. xxi, 220 pp. includes tables and diagrams. Reprinted 2004 by... More
Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady. Constitutional Equality a Right of Woman; or, A Consideration of the Various Relations Which She Sustains as a Necessary Part of the Body of Society and Humanity; with Her Duties to Herself - together with a Review of the Constitution of the United States, Showing That... More
Cooley, Thomas M. The General Principles of Constitutional Law in the United States of America. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1880. xxxix, 376 pp. Reprinted 2001 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771203; ISBN-10: 1584771208. Hardcover. New. $85. * Reprint of the first edition of the leading textbook... More
Cooley, Thomas M. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1883. lxxxi, [i], 886 pp. Reprinted 1998, 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363533; ISBN-10: 1886363536. Hardcover. New. $32.95 *... More
Cooley, Thomas M. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. [First Edition]. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1868. xlvii, 720 pp. Reprinted 1999, 2012 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781886363922; ISBN-10: 1886363927. Hardcover. New. $32.95... More
Cooley, Thomas M. A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations Which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union. [First Edition]. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1868. xlvii, 720 pp. Reprinted 2011 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1-61619-166-5; ISBN-10: 1-61619-166-X. Paperback. New. $29.95 *... More
Coxe, Brinton. An Essay On Judicial Power and Unconstitutional Legislation, Being a Commentary on Parts of the Constitution of the United States. Originally published: Philadelphia: Kay and Brother, 1893. xvi, 415 pp. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd.ISBN-13: 9781584775348; ISBN-10: 1584775343. Hardcover. New. $95. * Coxe's main argument is... More
Curtis, George Ticknor and Joseph Culbertson Clayton. Constitutional History of the United States from their Declaration of Independence to the Close of the Civil War. Originally published: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1889, 1896. 2 Volumes. xiii, 774; x, 780 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771296;... More