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Charles A. Beard & The Columbia School Of Political Economy: Revisiting The Intellectual Roots Of The Beardian Thesis, Ajay K. Mehrotra Jan 2014

Charles A. Beard & The Columbia School Of Political Economy: Revisiting The Intellectual Roots Of The Beardian Thesis, Ajay K. Mehrotra

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A century after it was first published, Charles A. Beard’s An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution remains a significant and controversial part of constitutional scholarship and history. Just as Beard sought to historicize the Founders as they drafted and adopted the Constitution, this article attempts to historicize Beard as he researched and wrote his classic text on the Constitution. Because Beard was both a graduate student and professor at Columbia University before and while he researched and wrote his book, this article explores the particular influence that Columbia University’s institutional and intellectual climate may have had on Beard and the …


Some Problems With "Origins", Stephen A. Conrad Jan 1992

Some Problems With "Origins", Stephen A. Conrad

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Book Review. The Magic Mirror: Law In American History By Kermit L. Hall, Michael Grossberg Jan 1992

Book Review. The Magic Mirror: Law In American History By Kermit L. Hall, Michael Grossberg

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Book Review. Conceptual Change And The Constitution, Stephen A. Conrad Jan 1990

Book Review. Conceptual Change And The Constitution, Stephen A. Conrad

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Book Review. The Constitutionalism Of "The Common-Law Mind", Stephen A. Conrad Jan 1988

Book Review. The Constitutionalism Of "The Common-Law Mind", Stephen A. Conrad

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This essay reviews the following: Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Vol. 1: The Authority of Rights by John Phillip Reid and Peripheries and Center: Constitutional Development in the Extended Polities of the British Empire and the United States, 1607-1788 by Jack P. Greene.