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Republican Liberty and the Origins of the Federal Judiciary

ABSTRACT

This conference examined the subject of republican liberty and origins of the US federal judiciary. The colloquium commenced with an analysis of the Constitutional Convention and ended with the landmark Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland. Emphasis was placed on the concepts of federalism and republicanism.

READING LIST

From Liberty Fund

The Federalist

by By Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
Edited by George W. Carey and James McClellan

The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, constitutes a text central to the American political tradition. Written and published in newspapers in 1787 and 1788 to explain and promote ratification of the proposed Constitution for the United States, which were then bound by the Articles of Confederation,…

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Additional Readings

“The Virginia Plan.” U.S. Constitution. http://www.usconstitution.net/plan_va.html (Aug 2, 2012).

“The Council of Revision June 4.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_604.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“Resolution Nine June 5.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_605.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“The Sherman-Madison Exchange June 6.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/debates/0606.html (Aug 2, 2012).

“Council of Revision Redux.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_721.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“The Separation of Powers.” Avalon Project. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_719.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“Resolution Eleven Amended Virginia Plan.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_718.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“The Hamilton Plan.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_618.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“Council of Revision Redux July 21.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_721.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“The Committee of Detail August 6.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_806.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“Council of Revision August 15.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_815.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“Pickney's Bill of Rights August 20.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_820.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“Law and Equity Aug 27.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_827.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“Committee of Detail August 28.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_828.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“Committee on Style September 10.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_910.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“The Amended Virginia Plan June 13.” Avalon Project, Yale Law. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_613.asp (Aug 2, 2012).

“James Wilson's State House Speech.” U. Chicago. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch14s23.html (August 2, 2012).

“Federal Farmer XV.” Constitution.org. http://www.constitution.org/afp/fedfar15.htm (Aug 3, 2012).

“Brutus 11.” Constitution.org. http://constitution.org/afp/brutus11.htm (Aug 3, 2012).

“Brutus 12.” Constitution.org. http://constitution.org/afp/brutus12.htm (Aug 3, 2012).

“Brutus 15.” Constitution.org. http://constitution.org/afp/brutus15.htm (Aug 3, 2012).

“Wilson at the Pennsylvania Convention.” OLL. http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=2072&chapter=156431&layout=html&Itemid=27 (Aug 2, 2012).

“The Virginia Ratifying Convention.” Constitution.org. http://constitution.org/rc/rat_va_13.htm (Aug 3, 2012).

“Madison June 8 Sppech to Congress.” Constitution.org. http://www.constitution.org/jm/17890608_removal.txt (Aug 3, 2012).

“House Debates Madison's Proposals August.” TeachingAmericanHistory.org. http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/bor/house_debates.html (Aug 3, 2012).

“House Approves 17 Amendments (Bill of Rights).” Seth Kaller. http://www.sethkaller.com/item/182-First-Draft-of-the-Bill-of-Rights:-17-Amendments-Approved-by-the-House&from=8 (Aug 3, 2012).

“The Judiciary Act.” Constitution.org. http://constitution.org/uslaw/judiciary_1789.htm (Aug 3, 2012).

“Brutus II [November 1, 1787] .” Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University. http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1669 (accessed February 1, 2013).

McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316  (United States Supreme Court 1819).

"New Jersey Plan." Yale Law School. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/patexta.asp (November 17, 2009).

"Virginia Resolution, 1798." TeachingAmericanHistory.org. http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=161 (November 17, 2009).

"Kentucky Resolution, 1799." TeachingAmericanHistory.org. http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=98 (November 17, 2009).

“Brutus I, October 18, 1787.” Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University. http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=849 (accessed September 12, 2011).

“Jefferson's Statute of Religious Liberty.” First Freedom. http://www.firstfreedom.org/PDF/Statute-original-language-pic.pdf (Aug 3, 2012).

“Madison on the Bank Bill.” Constitution.org. http://www.constitution.org/jm/17910202_bank.htm (Aug 3, 2012).

“Jefferson Argues Against the Constitutionality of a National Bank, February 23, 1791.” SHS. http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/jwb/Collab/leadandpower/bank.htm (Aug 3, 2012).

“Hamilton Argues for the Constitutionality of the National Bank.” SHS. http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/jwb/Collab/leadandpower/bank.htm (Aug 3, 2012).

“Minority Report Virginia Resolutions, 22 January 1799.” U. Chicago. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_speechs20.html (Aug 3, 2012).

“Marshall on the Alien and Sedition Acts.” U. Chicago. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_speechs17.html (August 3, 2012).

“The Judiciary Act of 1802.” The Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=002/llsl002.db&recNum=169 (Aug 6, 2012).

“Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists Jan 1, 1802.” Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9806/danpre.html (Aug 6, 2012).

Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137; 2 L. Ed. 60   (United States Supreme Court 1803).

Adams, John and Thomas Jefferson. The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence. Edited by Lester J. Cappon. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

Jefferson. “Jefferson to Roane.” U. Chicago. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_18s16.html (Aug 6, 2012).

Jefferson, Thomas . "First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801." TeachingAmericanHistory.org. http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=444 (November 17, 2009).

Jefferson, Thomas and James Madison. The Republic of Letters: The Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison 1776-1826, Volume One. Edited by James Morton Smith. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995.

Madison. “Madison to Roane.” U. Chicago. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_18s15.html (Aug 6, 2012).

Madison. “Madison to Ingersoll.” Constitution.org. http://constitution.org/rf/jm_18310625.htm (Aug 6, 2012).

Madison, James, “Virginia Resolutions of 1798” In The Debates in the Several State Conventions of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, 5 Vols , edited by Jonathan Elliot, 528-532 . Washington D.C.: Congress, 1836.

Madison, James. “Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments.” Religious Freedom. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_religions43.html (Aug 3, 2016).