Constitutional law -- Philosophy. -- United States

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"Welfare and the Constitution defends a largely forgotten understanding of the U.S. Constitution: the positive or 'welfarist' view of Abraham Lincoln and the Federalist Papers. Sotirios Barber challenges conventional scholarship by arguing that the government has a constitutiona…

Welfare and the Constitution defends a largely forgotten understanding of the U.S. Constitution: the positive or "welfarist" view of Abraham Lincoln and the Federalist Papers. Sotirios Barber challenges conventional scholarship by arguing that the government has a constitutional…

Commentary on the Constitution from Plato to Rousseau looks at 14 historical figures who-by their words and/or deeds-set the stage for political thought before the U.S. Constitution was written. Rather than a book about what the founders took from previous thinkers and political…

Originalism and living constitutionalism, often seen as opposing views, are not in conflict. So argues Jack Balkin, a leading constitutional scholar, in this long-awaited book. Step by step, Balkin shows how both liberals and conservatives play important roles in constitutional …