The Foundations of American Constitutionalism

McLaughlin, Andrew C. The Foundations of American Constitutionalism. New York: The New York University Press, 1932. vii, 176 pp. Reprinted 2002 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-227-1. Cloth. $65. * An historian with a legal background, McLaughlin [1861-1947] traces the principles of justice embodied by the United States Constitution to the influence of colonial New England political philosophy and Puritan practices and ideals of personal rights and limited government. A reprint of the Anson G. Phelps Lectures on Early American History delivered at New York University in 1932.Andrew C. McLaughlin is the author of 'The Foundations of American Constitutionalism' with ISBN 9781584772279 and ISBN 1584772271.