Key Documents of Liberty

Code of Hammurabi

Hammurabi Subject Area: Law Collections: Laws, Charters, Constitutions, Bills of Right

Source: Rev. Claude Hermann Walter Johns, Babylonian and… more

Hammurabi's Code

Hammurabi Subject Area: Law Collections: Laws, Charters, Constitutions, Bill of Rights

Source: Translated by L. W. King (1910)

Copyright: The text… more

Augustin Thierry

Source: Augustin Thierry, The Formation and Progress of the Tiers État, or Third Estate in France, translated from the French by the Rev. Francis B. Wells, Two volumes in One (London: Henry G.… more

The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen Magna Carta: A Commentary (1914) Magna Carta: Commemoration Essays (1917) Collections: Law

Magna Carta

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Magna Carta

Magna Carta: A Commentary (1914) Subject Area: Law

Source: The Roots of Liberty: Magna Carta, Ancient Constitution, and the Anglo-American Tradition of… more

Sir Edward Coke

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Coke's Selected Writings vol. 3

Sir Edward Coke

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Exploring Ideas: Gardiner on the English Revolution Collections: The Levellers Collections: The English Civil War

Source: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660,… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Exploring Ideas:Gardiner on the English Revolution Collections:The Levellers Collections:The English Civil War

Source: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660,… more

Exploring Ideas:Gardiner on the English Revolution Collections:The Levellers Collections:The English Civil War

Source: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660,… more

Exploring Ideas:Gardiner on the English Revolution Collections:The Levellers Collections:The English Civil War

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The English Civil War

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Exploring Ideas:Gardiner on the English Revolution Collections:The Levellers Collections:The English Civil War

Source: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660,… more

Exploring Ideas:Puritanism and Liberty Collections:The English Civil War

Source: Sir William Clarke, Puritanism and Liberty, being the Army Debates (1647-9) from the Clarke Manuscripts with Supplementary Documents,… more

Exploring Ideas:Gardiner on the English Revolution Collections:The Levellers Collections:The English Civil War

Source: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660,… more

Collections: The English Civil War

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

Collections: The English Civil War

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The English Civil War

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

Sir Edward Coke

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

John Milton Collections:The English Civil War

Source: Editor's Introduction from The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 2.

Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 2.

Francis Lieber Collections:Laws, Charters, Constitutions, Bills of Right

Source: Appendix to Francis Lieber, On Civil Liberty and Self-Government, 3rd revised edition, ed. Theodore D. Woolsey (Philadelphia: J.B.… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution William Penn

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution William Penn

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: Law Collections: The American Revolution andConstitution

Source: James McClellan's Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.)… more

Collections:The English Civil War

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 2.

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution William Penn

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution Elisha Williams

Source: Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998).… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution James Otis

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998). Vol. 1.

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Thomas Jefferson John Adams Benjamin Franklin
Carl LotusBecker The American Revolution and Constitution

Declaration of Independence

Source:A chapter in Becker's The… more

Source: This document has been made available in the corrected version made by Dr. Hans Eicholz. Original pagination is given in brackets [], designating the beginning of each page. Spelling and… more

Collections:The American Revolution and Constitution Thomas Paine

Source: Thomas Paine, The Writings of Thomas Paine, Collected and Edited by Moncure Daniel Conway (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1894). Vol. 1.

Collections: Law Collections: American Revolution & Constitution

Source: James McClellan's Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.)… more

Collections:The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998). Vol. 1.

Collections:Law Collections:American Revolution & Constitution

Source: James McClellan's Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.)… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution James Madison

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution Thomas Jefferson

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution John Jay

Source: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788, edited with notes and a… more

Collections:The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Empire and Nation: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (John Dickinson). Letters from the Federal Farmer (Richard Henry Lee), ed. Forrest McDonald… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Empire and Nation: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (John Dickinson). Letters from the Federal Farmer (Richard Henry Lee), ed. Forrest McDonald… more

Exploring Ideas:Table of Contents to The Founders' Constitution James Madison Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, ed. Jonathan Elliot The Writings of James Madison, ed. Gaillard Hunt The Records of… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution George Mason

Source: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788, edited with notes and a… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution Pelatiah Webster

Source: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788, edited with notes and a… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution David Ramsay

Source: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788, edited with notes and a… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution James Madison John Jay Alexander Hamilton

Source: James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist (The Gideon Edition), Edited with an Introduction,… more

The American Republic: Primary Sources Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Declaration of Independence

The Founders'… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution James Wilson

Source: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788, edited with notes and a… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens Georg Jellinek

Source: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens: A Contribution to Modern Constitutional History by Georg Jellinek, Dr. Phil. et Jur.… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution James Madison

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections:The American Revolution and Constitution Alexander Hamilton

Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution Thomas Jefferson

Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

Collections:The American Revolution and Constitution Richard Price

Source: Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998).… more

Collections:The American Revolution and Constitution Alexander Hamilton

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution Thomas Jefferson

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution James Madison

Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

Collections:Law Collections: The American Revolution andConstitution

Source: James McClellan's Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.)… more

Francis Lieber Collections:Laws, Charters, Constitutions, Bills of Right

Source: Appendix to Francis Lieber, On Civil Liberty and Self-Government, 3rd revised edition, ed. Theodore D. Woolsey (Philadelphia: J.B.… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution James Madison

Source: The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 1793-1794: Toward the Completion of the American Founding, edited with and Introduction by Morton J.… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution Alexander Hamilton

Source: The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 1793-1794: Toward the Completion of the American Founding, edited with and Introduction by Morton… more

George Washington Collections: The American Revolution andConstitution

Source: The Life of George Washington. Special Edition for Schools, ed. Robert Faulkner and Paul Carrese (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000).

Collections: Law Collections: The American Revolution andConstitution

Source: James McClellan's Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.)… more

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution andConstitution Thomas Jefferson

Source: From Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution Thomas Jefferson

Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution Thomas Jefferson

Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution Thomas Jefferson

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Francis Lieber Collections: Laws, Charters, Constitutions, Bills of Right

Source: Appendix to Francis Lieber, On Civil Liberty and Self-Government, 3rd revised edition, ed. Theodore D. Woolsey (Philadelphia: J.B.… more

Source:The American Nation: Primary Sources,ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008).

Source:The American Nation: Primary Sources,ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008).

Source: The American Nation: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008).