Our Constitutional Heritage: The Roots of Our Public Thinking

458 pp. A scarce scholarly work on constitutional government in the U.S. Six copies located in OCLC. CONTENTS: THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN POLITICAL THINKING: James Harrington and the Oceana - The Mechanics of Republican Government; John Locke and the Treatise of Civil Government - The Consent of the Governed; Baron de Montesquieu and The Spirit of the Laws - Confederation and the Separation of Powers; THE INFLUENCE OF COLONIAL DEBATE: James Otis and the Writs of Assistance - Civil Rights and Judicial Supremacy; John Dickinson and the Farmer's Letters - The Search for a Federal Relation; Thomas Paine and Common Sense - Revolt and Separation; THE RESULTS OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENT: The Declaration of Independence - A Perfect Political Instrument; The Articles of Confederation - The First Government of the United States; The Federal Convention, 1787 - The Formation of the Constitution; THE HERITAGE FROM JEFFERSON AND HAMILTON; Thomas Jefferson - Agrarian Democracy; Alexander Hamilton - Property and Power.