Historical and current reference material

"The diffusion of information and the
arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason, I deem [one of] the essential
principles of our government, and consequently [one of] those which ought to shape its
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Additional references are
located
within each individual Department

The Founders' Constitution
The Columbia Law Review described it as,
"The Oxford English Dictionary of American constitutional history."
Published in 1986 in five huge volumes, it is now available online.
Discover the legal philosophy, history, and constitutional argument that informed the
thought and debates of the Framers. Awesome!
Vindicating
the Founders
Race, Sex, Class and Justice in the Origins of America
Thomas G. West
Contrary to modernist charges of hypocrisy, the American founders established
a "new order for the ages", a nation founded on a series of principles
that,
for the first time in human history, sent slavery down the course of ultimate
extinction
and allowed for the universal right to vote.
Liberty
Library
of Constitutional Classics
Highly Recommended
The Liberty File
Collection
An excellent collection of seminal thought regarding government.
Easy to use and comes complete with occasional good humor. Recommended.
National
Constitution Center
The NCC was established by Congress through the
Constitution Heritage Act of 1988,
as an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization.
This easy to navigate site has a wealth of information.
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History The
American Colonist's Library Magna Carta (1215) Archiving Early
America Religion
and the Founding of the American Republic The Articles of Confederation (1781) The Federalist Papers (with search)
The Anti-Federalist Papers The
Declaration of Independence A User's Guide to
the Declaration of Independence The Original Twelve Articles of the The U. S.
Constitution The Law – Frederick Bastiat (1850) Democracy in America – Alexis de Tocqueville
Manifesto of the Communist
Party
Current Communist Goals (1963)
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updated: 19 november 2000;
23 september 2002