Having written extensively on various aspects of the American constitutional order, Edward S. Corwin is considered a leading constitutional scholar of the twentieth century. Alpheus Mason described Corwin s writings as sources of learning and understandinghallmarks to emulate and revere.
"The Higher Law Background of American Constitutional Law" is of unique value in connecting the Western European experiencefrom the classical world, the Middle Ages, and the seventeenth-century thought of Coke and Locketo the American founding. This renowned work provides a bold and accurate outline of...