Political Theory
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Puritan Revolution and Republicanism
The transforming ideology of the American Revolution consists of four elements: liberalism, republicanism, English law, and Protestantism. Liberalism was developed by the Levellers, saying that natural rights could be evolved from natural law.
Anti-Federalist Traditions until the Civil War
Jeffersonian States Rights Doctrine until the Civil War was grounded in three freedom documents: The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, and The Treaty of Paris of 1783. Those documents emphasized independent states, not a single nation or union.
The Electoral College as a Brake on Presidential Power: Its Evolution From Washington to Jackson
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (31:15)
Hayek and the Common Law: An Assessment
Ronald Hamowy discusses Hayek and the Common Law: An Assessment at the 2002 Austrian Scholars Conference.
Lincoln and the Triumph of Mercantilism
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (33:49)
The Use of George Washington in the Statist Offensive
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004.
Woodrow Wilson’s Revolution Within the Form
Recorded at the Reassessing the Presidency seminar; March 2004. (30:32)
