James Madison and John Marshall:
The Constitutional Foundation for Order and Liberty
University of Delaware
Summer Institute, August 3 - 8, 2003
Professor Richard Ellis
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READINGS
Monday, August 4th -- Basic Documents
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“The Declaration of
Independence,” “The Articles of Confederation” and “The
Constitution of the United States” in Melvin Urofsky
and Paul Finkelman, A March of Liberty, Vol. I, in the Appendix
Tuesday, August 5th -- The Movement for the U.S.
Constitution
- Urofsky and Finkelman, A March of Liberty,
Vol I, chapters 1 – 6
(especially chapters 4 – 6)
- Jack Rakove, James Madison and the
Creation of the American Republic, chapters 1 – 7
- Kermit
L. Hall (ed.), Major Problems in American Constitutional
History,
chapters 4 - 5
Wednesday, August 6th -- Launching the New Government
- Urofsky and Finkelman, A March of Liberty,
I, chapter 7
- Rakove,
James Madison, chapters 8 – 12
- Hall (ed.) Major Problems
in American Constitutional History, chapter 6
Thursday, August 7th -- The Marshall Court
- Urofsky and Finkelman, A March
of Liberty,
I, chapters 8, 10 – 12
- Rakove,
Madison, chapters 13 – 16
- William E. Nelson, Marbury v.
Madison: The Origins and Legacy of Judicial Review
- Hall (ed.),
Major Problems in American Constitutional History, chapter 7
- R.
Kent Niesmyer, The Supreme Court under Marshall and Taney, chapters
1 - 3
Friday, August 8th -- Jacksonian Democracy and
the Constitution
- Urofsky and Finkelman,
A March of Liberty, Vol. I, chapters 14 – 15
- Hall, Major Problems in American Constitutional
History, I, chapters 8 – 9
- Richard E. Ellis, The Union at
Risk: Jacksonian Democracy, States Rights and the Nullification
Crisis
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