Commentary

• 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.

• Notes on James Madison’s Sources for the Tenth Federalist Paper

  - Ketcham, Ralph L. “Notes on James Madison’s Sources for the Tenth Federalist Paper.” Midwest Journal of Political Science 1, no. 1 (May 1, 1957): 20–25.

• The Philosophy of the American Constitution: A Reinterpretation of the Intentions of the Founding Fathers

  - Eidelberg, Paul. The Philosophy of the American Constitution: A Reinterpretation of the Intentions of the Founding Fathers. New York: Free Press, 1968.

• 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.

• James Madison and the Scottish Enlightenment

  - Branson, Roy. “James Madison and the Scottish Enlightenment.” Journal of the History of Ideas 40, no. 2 (April 1, 1979): 235–250.

• Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution

  - McDonald, Forrest. Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution. Lawrence, Kan: University Press of Kansas, 1985.

• The Thinking Revolutionary: Principle and Practice in the New Republic

  - Lerner, Ralph. The Thinking Revolutionary: Principle and Practice in the New Republic. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987.

• 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 Virtuous Polity, The Accountable Polity: Liberty and Responsibility in The Federalist

  - Zuckert, Michael P. “The Virtuous Polity, The Accountable Polity: Liberty and Responsibility in The Federalist.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 22, no. 1 (January 1, 1992): 123–142.

• Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power

  - Mansfield, Harvey Claflin. Taming the Prince: The Ambivalence of Modern Executive Power. New York: Free Press, 1989
  This survey of Western political thought ranges from Aristotle to “The Federalist Papers”, showing how the doctrine of executive power arose and how it has developed to the present day. Although there were various “proto-executives”,… More

• The Learning of Liberty: The Educational Ideas of the American Founders

  - Pangle, Lorraine Smith, and Thomas L. Pangle. The Learning of Liberty: The Educational Ideas of the American Founders. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1993.

• 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.

• Republics Ancient and Modern: Inventions of Prudence: Constituting the American Regime

  - Rahe, Paul Anthony. Republics Ancient and Modern: Inventions of Prudence: Constituting the American Regime. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1994.

• The Natural Rights Republic: Studies in the Foundation of the American Political Tradition

  - Zuckert, Michael P. The Natural Rights Republic: Studies in the Foundation of the American Political Tradition. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1996.
  In The Natural Rights Republic, political theorist Michael Zuckert counters contemporary confusion by offering an insightful study of the concept that dominated the mindset of the founding generation, the natural rights philosophy. Zuckert offers a new… More

• Jaffa versus Mansfield: Does America Have a Constitutional or a ‘Declaration of Independence’ Soul?

  - West, Thomas G. “Jaffa versus Mansfield: Does America Have a Constitutional or a ‘Declaration of Independence’ Soul?” Perspectives on Political Science 31, no. 4 (2002): 235–246.

• 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.

• The Founders’ Key: The Divine and Natural Connection between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It

  - Arnn, Larry P. The Founders' Key: The Divine and Natural Connection between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2012.

Multimedia

• Why did Federalists and Anti-Federalists disagree about representation?

  - Gordon Wood, "Why did Federalists and Anti-Federalists disagree about representation?" The Choices Program, 17 Sept. 2012.