Robert Bork — Five Best Books on the U.S. Constitution
R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
January 16, 2006
Robert H. Bork offers his list of the five most important books on the U.S. Constitution in “We The People,” published in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. His list:
1. The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
2. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, by Joseph Story.
3. The Least Dangerous Branch, by Alexander M. Bickel.
4. The Rise of Modern Judicial Review, by Christopher Wolfe.
5. Separation of Church and State, by Philip Hamburger.
Every list of this sort must begin with The Federalist, of course. Interestingly, Judge Samuel Alito mentioned Bickel’s book during his hearings last week, citing it as as a seminal book in the development of his legal philosophy. For my review of the Hamburger volume, go here.
R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
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