Book Reviews – Page 3

July 23, 2018|Alexander Hamilton, Chief Justice John Marshall, Common Law, Federalist 78, Kate Elizabeth Brown, McCulloch v. Maryland, Necessary and Proper Clause, Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, Weston v. Charleston, Whiskey Rebellion

Hamilton the Lawyer

by Carson Holloway|Leave a Comment

“Colonel Hamilton, by means of his fine melodious voice, his reasoning powers and persuasive address, soared far above all competition.”

July 16, 2018|Benedetto Croce, Chronicles of a Liquid Society, Postmodernism, semiotics, Umberto Eco

The Engaging Mind of Umberto Eco

by Brian Murray|3 Comments

A final essay collection from the author of The Name of the Rose.

July 9, 2018|Aristotle, Benjamin Straumann, Cicero, Crisis and Constitutionalism, Julius Caesar

Did Cicero Devise Modern Constitutional Thought on His Own?

by David Potter|1 Comment

Benjamin Straumann challenges the assumption that Greek political theory had a significant impact on Roman political theory.

July 2, 2018|A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States, American Founding, Aristotle, John Adams, Leslie G. Rubin, Middle Class, Noah Webster, republican virtues, Republicanism

Our “Great American Middle” and Aristotle’s Golden Mean

by Mary P. Nichols|2 Comments

The principles drawn upon to create the American republic were true in the time of Aristotle, in the time of the Founders, and in our own time.

June 25, 2018|Canon Law, God’s Country, Israel, Protestant Reformation, Samuel Goldman

America: The Israel of Our Time

by Steven Grosby|1 Comment

The idea of an American calling to help complete God’s plan for the Jews was not invented by the Christian Right of the 1980s.

June 18, 2018|communism, The Long Night of the Watchman, Totalitarianism, Václav Benda

An Unsung Opponent of Totalitarian Power

by Joshua Dill|1 Comment

Even as he resisted evil, the Charter 77 spokesman Václav Benda kept the oppressors in his prayers.

June 11, 2018|Kenneth Minogue, On Liberty and Its Enemies, Thomas Hobbes

Minogue on States, Institutions, and the Enemies of Liberty

by Donald Devine|Leave a Comment

The political theorist who figured out why nearly everyone today supports democracy but most people are “disenchanted with the way it works.”

June 4, 2018|Anti-Pluralism, Populism, William Galston

Galston on the New “Revolt of the Masses”

by Aurelian Craiutu|12 Comments

Might populism play a role in invigorating liberal democracy?

May 28, 2018|Colonization, Eric Foner, Forrest Nabors, From Oligarchy to Republicanism, Slavery

The Reconstruction Republicans: Answering the Slaveocratic Revolution

by James H. Read|12 Comments

Prisoners from the Front, Winslow Homer, 1866 (metmuseum.org)

A timely reminder of the full range of anti-republican institutions that the Confederacy fought a war to try to perpetuate.

May 21, 2018|Heinrich Meier, Leo Strauss, Machiavelli, Political Philosophy and the Challenge of Revealed Religion, Socrates

Thoughts on Strauss and Machiavelli

by Jerry Weinberger|5 Comments

Heinrich Meier's new book on the challenge of revealed religion to political philosophy.

Belloc’s Humane Defense of Personhood and Property

by James Matthew Wilson

Perhaps the memory of that metaphysical right to property informs our fears, and could lead to a restoration of human flourishing.

Bruno Leoni and the Search for Certainty in Law

by Alberto Mingardi

Leoni wanted to advance the concept of the “certainty” of the law beyond the mere verbal precision of statutes to something more profound.

The Sacred Rites of Humanity: A Conversation with Daniel Mahoney

A discussion with Daniel J. Mahoney

Daniel Mahoney discusses his new book The Idol of Our Age and how humanitarianism corrupts politics and religion.

The John Marshall Legacy: A Conversation with Richard Brookhiser

A discussion with Richard Brookhiser

Richard Brookhiser discusses the life and jurisprudence of John Marshall.

Andrew Jackson in Context: A Conversation with Bradley Birzer

A discussion with Bradley J. Birzer

Once considered one of our most consequential presidents, Andrew Jackson's reputation has now fallen on hard times.

Hamilton, Madison, and American Oligarchy: A Conversation with Jay Cost

A discussion with Jay Cost

Jay Cost, author of The Price of Greatness, discusses the political and economic debates between Hamilton and Madison.

The Bruce

Bruce Springsteen offers a sustained prayer to his Holy Mother and his country, without irony or cynicism. He can't think that way—and good for him.
by Michael S. Greve
Solzhenitsyn’s Literary Ascent

Even a decade after his death, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn remains one of the most misinterpreted writers of the 20th century.
by Jessica Hooten Wilson
The Agency Lack of Bias Fallacy

Defenders of Chevron and Auer Deference often ignore agency bias.
by Mike Rappaport
The Coming Influence of the Trump Judges

President Trump's has appointed many judges to the court, but quality matters more than quantity.
by John O. McGinnis
Trump’s Norm-Breaking: Real or Imagined?

Trump is trying to faithfully execute his office and, in his own way, to strengthen the Constitution.
by Charles R. Kesler

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