Commentary

• An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

  - Beard, Charles A. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. New York: The Macmillan company, 1935.

• Seedtime of the Republic: The Origin of the American Tradition of Political Liberty

  - Rossiter, Clinton. Seedtime of the Republic: The Origin of the American Tradition of Political Liberty. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1953.
  Table of Contents: 1. Colonial Government and the Rise of Liberty, 2. Colonial Religion and the Rise of Liberty, 3. The Colonial Economy and the Rise of Liberty, 4. Colonial Society and the Rise of Liberty, 5. The Colonial Mind and the Rise of Liberty, 6.… More

• The Liberal Tradition in America; An Interpretation of American Political Thought Since the Revolution

  - Hartz, Louis. The Liberal Tradition in America; An Interpretation of American Political Thought Since the Revolution. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955.

• The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89

  - Morgan, Edmund S. The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1956.
  In The Birth of the Republic, 1763–89, Edmund S. Morgan shows how the challenge of British taxation started Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom, and eventually led to the Revolution. By demonstrating that the… More

• The Creation of the American Republic by Gordon Wood

  - Wood, Gordon S. The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1969.

• American Political Thought: The Philosophic Dimension of American Statesmanship

  - Frisch, Morton J., and Richard G. Stevens, editors. American Political Thought: The Philosophic Dimension of American Statesmanship. New York: Scribner, 1971.

• Fame and the Founding Fathers: Essays

  - Adair, Douglass. Fame and the Founding Fathers: Essays. New York: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by Norton, 1974.

• Liberty, Virtue, and Republicanism: 1776-1787

  - Agresto, John T. “Liberty, Virtue, and Republicanism: 1776-1787.” The Review of Politics 39, no. 4 (October 1, 1977): 473–504.

• The Founding of the Democratic Republic

  - Diamond, Martin. The Founding of the Democratic Republic. Itasca, Ill: F.E. Peacock Publishers, 1981.
  A reprint of four chapters by Martin Diamond from THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (Diamond, Garfinkel, and Fisk), this book provides a more complete view of our political foundations than can be found in contemporary American government textbooks.

• Federalism and the Founding: Toward a Reinterpretation of the Constitutional Convention

  - Zuckert, Michael P. “Federalism and the Founding: Toward a Reinterpretation of the Constitutional Convention.” The Review of Politics 48, no. 2 (April 1, 1986): 166–210.

• Federalism and the Constitution: The Founders’ Design and Contemporary Constitutional Law

  - Dry, Murray. “Federalism and the Constitution: The Founders’ Design and Contemporary Constitutional Law.” Constitutional Commentary 4 (1987): 233.

• Federalism: Evaluating the Founders’ Design

  - McConnell, Michael W. “Federalism: Evaluating the Founders’ Design.” The University of Chicago Law Review 54, no. 4 (October 1, 1987): 1484–1512.

• The American founding: essays on the formation of the Constitution

  - Barlow, J. Jackson, Leonard Williams Levy, and Ken Masugi. The American founding: essays on the formation of the Constitution. Vol. 205. Greenwood Pub Group, 1988.

• Judicial Review and the Federalist

  - Barber, Sotirios A. “Judicial Review and the Federalist.” University of Chicago Law Review 55 (1988): 836.

• Liberal Democracy and Political Science

  - Ceaser, James W. Liberal Democracy and Political Science. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990.
  Do political scientists in a liberal democracy bear a special responsibility that goes beyond their academic pursuits? Ceaser, a scholar of American political parties, argues that they do, and he challenges colleagues and students to reexamine what they do as… More

• Intellectual Background to the American Founding, The

  - Lutz, Donald S. “Intellectual Background to the American Founding, The.” Texas Tech Law Review 21 (1990): 2327.

• The American Polity: Essays on the Theory and Practice of Constitutional Government

  - Erler, Edward J. The American Polity: Essays on the Theory and Practice of Constitutional Government. New York: C. Russak, 1991.

• Philosophical Foundations of the Federalist Papers: Nature of Man and Nature of Law

  - Glendon, Mary Ann. “Philosophical Foundations of the Federalist Papers: Nature of Man and Nature of Law.” Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy 16 (1993): 23.

• The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic

  - Banning, Lance. The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1995.

• Explaining America: The Federalist

  - Wills, Garry. Explaining America: The Federalist. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1981.

• America’s Constitution: A Biography

  - Amar, Akhil Reed. America's Constitution: A Biography. New York: Random House, 2005.

• Duty Bound: Responsibility and American Public Life

  - Blitz, Mark. Duty Bound: Responsibility and American Public Life. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.

• Understanding the Founding: The Crucial Questions

  - Gibson, Alan Ray. Understanding the Founding: The Crucial Questions. Lawrence, Kan: University Press of Kansas, 2007.

• The Discretionary President: The Promise and Peril of Executive Power

  - Kleinerman, Benjamin A. The Discretionary President: The Promise and Peril of Executive Power. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2009.