Philosophical and Historical Foundations of American Constitutionalism

FAIN: FS-10519-76

Princeton University (Princeton, NJ 08540-5228)
Paul E. Sigmund (Project Director: January 1977 to present)

Analyze and evaluate the historical and philosophical influences which contributed to the emergence of American historical democracy in the 18th century. Topics to be considered include: origins of the concept of a "higher law ", the emergence of the "republican tradition", ideas and institutions of colonial and revolutionary America, and others.