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The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Revolution in Government
by Richard R. Beeman
On Originalism in Constitutional Interpretation
by Steven G. Calabresi
The Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights
by Jeffrey Rosen & David Rubenstein
Democratic Constitutionalism
by Robert Post & Reva Siegel
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