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James Wilson and the American Constitution American Constitution
“The Utopian” (17 January 1847) Best of Bastiat
1675: Shaftesbury, Letter from a Person of Quality (Pamphlet) Key Documents of Liberty
1736: Brief Narrative of the Trial of Peter Zenger Key Documents of Liberty
1776: Paine, Common Sense (Pamphlet) Key Documents of Liberty
1776: Witherspoon, Dominion of Providence over the Passions of Men (Sermon) Key Documents of Liberty
18th Century British Moral Philosophy Philosophy
18thC Middle Class Radicalism: A Bibliographical Essay by Isaac Kramnick Bibliographies
2nd Batch of MARC Recods (February 2008) MARC
Alexis de Tocqueville: A Bibliographical Essay by John Lukacs Bibliographies
American Anti-Interventionist Tradition: A Bibliographical Essay by Justus Doenecke Bibliographies
American Political Writing during the Founding 1760-1805 American Constitution
Aristotle’s Politics Political Thought
Auberon Herbert, “Against Force and Socialist Compulsion” (1898) Readings from the OLL Reader
Aurelian Craiutu, “How to Combat Fanaticism and the Spirit of Party: Germaine de Staël’s Lesson" Liberty Matters: An Online Discussion Forum
Bastiat, The Law (revised LF edition) Best of Bastiat
Blackstone: Introduction to the Laws of England Law
Blake, William: An Introduction Images of Liberty and Power
Collected Works of Bastiat, vol. 4: Miscellaneous Economic Writings Drafts of the LF Translation
Collected Works of Bastiat, vol. 5: Economic Harmonies Drafts of the LF Translation
Conference Readings: The Levellers and the Origins of Anglo-American Constitutionalism Leveller Tracts and Pamphlets
Coquelin on Competititon Economics
David A. Wells, “Free Trade” (1882) Readings from the OLL Reader
David M. Hart, “On the Spread of (Classical) Liberal Ideas” (March 2015) Liberty Matters: An Online Discussion Forum
Descartes: LIfe & Works Philosophy