Is there a canon of constitutional history?

Constitutional Commentary | June 22, 2000| | Copyright

My contribution to this discussion is purely empirical. I ask whether a canon exists, not among constitutional law casebooks, a question addressed elsewhere,(1) but rather in documentary collections in American constitutional history.(2)

I begin with this assumption, which I consider reasonable, and almost circular: if such a canon exists, it will be found in existing constitutional history casebooks. They reflect whatever there may be of a canon out there among constitutional historians concerning what materials a student of constitutional history ought to study.

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