Lehrman American Studies Center

Articles

• Vital Remnants: America's Founding and the Western Tradition by Gary L Gregg
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  An anthology of essays on the Founding in its Western intellectual context. George Carey writes: "These splendid essays illuminate significant dimensions of the foundations on which our republic was formed;dimensions that have been all but erased over the course of…

Books

• Treatise on Law by Saint Thomas Aquinas, translated by Richard J. Regan
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  This inexpensive volume contains excerpts from the Summa Theologica on the topic of law and natural law.

• The Trial of Man: Christianity and Judgement in the World of Shakespeare by Craig A. Bernthal
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  Shakespeare often used trials or other scenes in which his characters are subjected to some sort of judgment-especially divine judgment-to convey the meaning of his plays. In The Trial of Man: Christianity and Judgment in the World of Shakespeare, Craig…

• A Time to Speak: Selected Writings and Arguments by Robert H. Bork
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  Since at least 1971, when he published a seminal article on constitutional interpretation in the Indiana Law Journal, Robert Bork has been the legal and moral conscience of America, reminding us of our founding principles and their cultural foundation. The…

• A Student's Guide to the Study of Law by Gerard V. Bradley
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  In a society in which courts, and hence lawyers, have achieved extraordinary power, it is not surprising that the discipline of law is contentious and controversial. In A Student's Guide to the Study of Law, Gerard V. Bradley, professor of…

• Henry Paolucci: Selected Writings on Literature and the Arts; Science and Astronomy; Law, Government, and Political Philosophy by Henry Paolucci
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  During his lifetime, Henry Paolucci taught and wrote in several academic disciplines. The variety of subject presented in this volume bears testimony to Professor Paolucci's wide range of interests and provides an impressive sampling of Professor Paolucci's comprehensive approach to…

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Legal Documents

• 14th Amendment
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  This page also includes proposal and ratification information.

• 15th Amendment
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  The 15th Amendment was ratified to guarantee political rights to all Americans. Congress was granted enforcement authority in Section Two of this brief Amendment, which was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870.

• Planned Parenthood v. Casey by SCOTUS
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  The Court refined its holding in Roe v. Wade in this case. In this decision, the Court ultimately held that it own legitimacy required affirming the central holding in Roe (which was not actually done) rather than reformulating abortion policy…

• Brown v. Board of Education by SCOTUS
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  This case, decided ultimately in 1954, saw Earl Warren writing on behalf of a unanimous Court. In this case the Court famously overturned the central holding in Plessy v. Ferguson, opining that separate but equal accommodations were not constitutional, and…

• Bolling v. Sharpe by SCOTUS
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  This case, a companion case to Brown, addressed the lingering problem of segregation in Washington, DC. Brown had been decided (on the same day as Bolling) on 14 Amendment grounds. The 14th Amendment, though, did not apply to DC, as…

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Online Libraries / Collections

• The Avolon Project ( Yale Law School )
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  This website gives you accurate access to varios online document collections from American history, including documents on American Constitutionalism and the Founding as well as presidential speeches. It is a trustworthy collection of online documents.