U.S. Constitutional History Readings

The following titles have been recommended by Professor McClanahan for his lectures in the U.S. Constitutional History series.

• Jack Greene, The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution (2010).
• Brion McClanahan, The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution (2012).
• Kevin Gutzman, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution (2007).
• Tom Woods and Kevin Gutzman, Who Killed the Constitution? (2009).
• Forrest McDonald, We the People (1991).
• Forrest McDonald, Novus Ordo Seclorum (1986).
• M.E. Bradford, Founding Fathers (1994).
• Richard Beeman, Plain, Honest Men (2010).
• Merrill Jensen, et. al., ed., The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution (1976-2012).  Expensive, but the volumes on the public and private commentaries are very good.
• James McClellan, Liberty, Order, and Justice (2010).
• William Rehnquist, The Supreme Court (2002).

All by Raoul Berger:

• Government by Judiciary
• Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems
• Federalism: The Founders’ Design
• The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights
• Executive Privilege: A Constitutional Myth