Books
The Behavioral Sciences and the Study of Political Things: The Case of Christian Bay’s The Structure of Freedom
– The American Political Science Review 55:3 (September 1961).Excerpt: One result of the advent of the behavioral sciences in political science is that political things are now being studied, to an ever increasing extent, by men with little or no… More
Review of Rationalism in Politics, by Michael Oakeshott
– American Political Science Review 57:3 (September 1963): 670–71.Religion and the Founding Principle
– The Moral Foundations of the American Republic, Robert H. Horwitz, ed. (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1977, 1986).Does the Constitution Secure These Rights?
– How Democratic Is the Constitution?, Robert A. Goldwin and William A. Schambra, eds. (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1980).The Constitution as Bill of Rights
– How Does the Constitution Secure Rights?, Robert A. Goldwin and William Schambra, eds. (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1984); reprinted in Walter Berns, In Defense of Liberal Democracy (Regnery Gateway, 1984).In Defense of Political Philosophy: Two Letters to Walter Berns
– In Harry Jaffa, American Conservatism and the American Founding (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1984)Excerpt: IN HIS ‘REPLY TO Harry Jaffa” (National Review, January 22, 1982), Walter Berns writes: There is no substance to Harry Jaffa’s criticism of me. In 1972, he wrote that the… More
In Defense of Liberal Democracy
– Regnery Gateway, 1984.In this new book of essays, Walter Berns give shape to the arena of American government and politics. He contends that “free government is an endangered species in our world,”… More
Equally Endowed With Rights
– Justice and Equality Here and Now, Frank Lucash, ed. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1986), 151–71.Taking Berns Seriously
– Grant B. Mindle, South Dakota Law Review 34:432 (1989).Justice as the Securing of Rights
– The Constitution, the Courts, and the Quest for Justice, Robert A. Goldwin and William A. Schambra, eds. (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1989).Taking the Constitution Seriously
– Simon and Schuster, 1987; reprinted, Madison Books, 1992.Walter Berns’s book is must reading for every judge, law student, or member of the general public who wants to know more about our Federal Constitution. Berns concisely and clearly… More
Natural Law, Natural Rights
– Washington Times, September 9, 1991. University of Cincinnati Law Review 61:1 (1992–93).Excerpt: “The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty,” said Abraham Lincoln, “and the American people, just now, are much in need of one.” That… More
Making Patriots
– University of Chicago Press, 2001; paperback edition, 2002.Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels,” over the course of the history of the United States we have seen our share of heroes:… More
On George Kateb’s Patriotism
– Cato Unbound, March 12, 2008.Excerpt: Professor Kateb begins by defining patriotism as love of country; fair enough. He then distinguishes this love from that of a child’s for his parents, pointing out that,… More
Essays
The Behavioral Sciences and the Study of Political Things: The Case of Christian Bay’s The Structure of Freedom
– The American Political Science Review 55:3 (September 1961).Excerpt: One result of the advent of the behavioral sciences in political science is that political things are now being studied, to an ever increasing extent, by men with little or no… More
Review of Rationalism in Politics, by Michael Oakeshott
– American Political Science Review 57:3 (September 1963): 670–71.Religion and the Founding Principle
– The Moral Foundations of the American Republic, Robert H. Horwitz, ed. (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1977, 1986).Does the Constitution Secure These Rights?
– How Democratic Is the Constitution?, Robert A. Goldwin and William A. Schambra, eds. (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1980).The Constitution as Bill of Rights
– How Does the Constitution Secure Rights?, Robert A. Goldwin and William Schambra, eds. (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1984); reprinted in Walter Berns, In Defense of Liberal Democracy (Regnery Gateway, 1984).In Defense of Political Philosophy: Two Letters to Walter Berns
– In Harry Jaffa, American Conservatism and the American Founding (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1984)Excerpt: IN HIS ‘REPLY TO Harry Jaffa” (National Review, January 22, 1982), Walter Berns writes: There is no substance to Harry Jaffa’s criticism of me. In 1972, he wrote that the… More
In Defense of Liberal Democracy
– Regnery Gateway, 1984.In this new book of essays, Walter Berns give shape to the arena of American government and politics. He contends that “free government is an endangered species in our world,”… More
Equally Endowed With Rights
– Justice and Equality Here and Now, Frank Lucash, ed. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1986), 151–71.Taking Berns Seriously
– Grant B. Mindle, South Dakota Law Review 34:432 (1989).Justice as the Securing of Rights
– The Constitution, the Courts, and the Quest for Justice, Robert A. Goldwin and William A. Schambra, eds. (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1989).Taking the Constitution Seriously
– Simon and Schuster, 1987; reprinted, Madison Books, 1992.Walter Berns’s book is must reading for every judge, law student, or member of the general public who wants to know more about our Federal Constitution. Berns concisely and clearly… More
Natural Law, Natural Rights
– Washington Times, September 9, 1991. University of Cincinnati Law Review 61:1 (1992–93).Excerpt: “The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty,” said Abraham Lincoln, “and the American people, just now, are much in need of one.” That… More
Making Patriots
– University of Chicago Press, 2001; paperback edition, 2002.Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels,” over the course of the history of the United States we have seen our share of heroes:… More
On George Kateb’s Patriotism
– Cato Unbound, March 12, 2008.Excerpt: Professor Kateb begins by defining patriotism as love of country; fair enough. He then distinguishes this love from that of a child’s for his parents, pointing out that,… More
Commentary
The Behavioral Sciences and the Study of Political Things: The Case of Christian Bay’s The Structure of Freedom
– The American Political Science Review 55:3 (September 1961).Excerpt: One result of the advent of the behavioral sciences in political science is that political things are now being studied, to an ever increasing extent, by men with little or no… More
Review of Rationalism in Politics, by Michael Oakeshott
– American Political Science Review 57:3 (September 1963): 670–71.Religion and the Founding Principle
– The Moral Foundations of the American Republic, Robert H. Horwitz, ed. (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1977, 1986).Does the Constitution Secure These Rights?
– How Democratic Is the Constitution?, Robert A. Goldwin and William A. Schambra, eds. (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1980).The Constitution as Bill of Rights
– How Does the Constitution Secure Rights?, Robert A. Goldwin and William Schambra, eds. (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1984); reprinted in Walter Berns, In Defense of Liberal Democracy (Regnery Gateway, 1984).In Defense of Political Philosophy: Two Letters to Walter Berns
– In Harry Jaffa, American Conservatism and the American Founding (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1984)Excerpt: IN HIS ‘REPLY TO Harry Jaffa” (National Review, January 22, 1982), Walter Berns writes: There is no substance to Harry Jaffa’s criticism of me. In 1972, he wrote that the… More
In Defense of Liberal Democracy
– Regnery Gateway, 1984.In this new book of essays, Walter Berns give shape to the arena of American government and politics. He contends that “free government is an endangered species in our world,”… More
Equally Endowed With Rights
– Justice and Equality Here and Now, Frank Lucash, ed. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1986), 151–71.Taking Berns Seriously
– Grant B. Mindle, South Dakota Law Review 34:432 (1989).Justice as the Securing of Rights
– The Constitution, the Courts, and the Quest for Justice, Robert A. Goldwin and William A. Schambra, eds. (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1989).Taking the Constitution Seriously
– Simon and Schuster, 1987; reprinted, Madison Books, 1992.Walter Berns’s book is must reading for every judge, law student, or member of the general public who wants to know more about our Federal Constitution. Berns concisely and clearly… More
Natural Law, Natural Rights
– Washington Times, September 9, 1991. University of Cincinnati Law Review 61:1 (1992–93).Excerpt: “The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty,” said Abraham Lincoln, “and the American people, just now, are much in need of one.” That… More
Making Patriots
– University of Chicago Press, 2001; paperback edition, 2002.Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels,” over the course of the history of the United States we have seen our share of heroes:… More
On George Kateb’s Patriotism
– Cato Unbound, March 12, 2008.Excerpt: Professor Kateb begins by defining patriotism as love of country; fair enough. He then distinguishes this love from that of a child’s for his parents, pointing out that,… More
Multimedia
The Behavioral Sciences and the Study of Political Things: The Case of Christian Bay’s The Structure of Freedom
– The American Political Science Review 55:3 (September 1961).Excerpt: One result of the advent of the behavioral sciences in political science is that political things are now being studied, to an ever increasing extent, by men with little or no… More
Review of Rationalism in Politics, by Michael Oakeshott
– American Political Science Review 57:3 (September 1963): 670–71.Religion and the Founding Principle
– The Moral Foundations of the American Republic, Robert H. Horwitz, ed. (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1977, 1986).Does the Constitution Secure These Rights?
– How Democratic Is the Constitution?, Robert A. Goldwin and William A. Schambra, eds. (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1980).The Constitution as Bill of Rights
– How Does the Constitution Secure Rights?, Robert A. Goldwin and William Schambra, eds. (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1984); reprinted in Walter Berns, In Defense of Liberal Democracy (Regnery Gateway, 1984).In Defense of Political Philosophy: Two Letters to Walter Berns
– In Harry Jaffa, American Conservatism and the American Founding (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1984)Excerpt: IN HIS ‘REPLY TO Harry Jaffa” (National Review, January 22, 1982), Walter Berns writes: There is no substance to Harry Jaffa’s criticism of me. In 1972, he wrote that the… More
In Defense of Liberal Democracy
– Regnery Gateway, 1984.In this new book of essays, Walter Berns give shape to the arena of American government and politics. He contends that “free government is an endangered species in our world,”… More
Equally Endowed With Rights
– Justice and Equality Here and Now, Frank Lucash, ed. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1986), 151–71.Taking Berns Seriously
– Grant B. Mindle, South Dakota Law Review 34:432 (1989).Justice as the Securing of Rights
– The Constitution, the Courts, and the Quest for Justice, Robert A. Goldwin and William A. Schambra, eds. (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1989).Taking the Constitution Seriously
– Simon and Schuster, 1987; reprinted, Madison Books, 1992.Walter Berns’s book is must reading for every judge, law student, or member of the general public who wants to know more about our Federal Constitution. Berns concisely and clearly… More
Natural Law, Natural Rights
– Washington Times, September 9, 1991. University of Cincinnati Law Review 61:1 (1992–93).Excerpt: “The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty,” said Abraham Lincoln, “and the American people, just now, are much in need of one.” That… More
Making Patriots
– University of Chicago Press, 2001; paperback edition, 2002.Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels,” over the course of the history of the United States we have seen our share of heroes:… More
On George Kateb’s Patriotism
– Cato Unbound, March 12, 2008.Excerpt: Professor Kateb begins by defining patriotism as love of country; fair enough. He then distinguishes this love from that of a child’s for his parents, pointing out that,… More
Teaching
The Behavioral Sciences and the Study of Political Things: The Case of Christian Bay’s The Structure of Freedom
– The American Political Science Review 55:3 (September 1961).Excerpt: One result of the advent of the behavioral sciences in political science is that political things are now being studied, to an ever increasing extent, by men with little or no… More
Review of Rationalism in Politics, by Michael Oakeshott
– American Political Science Review 57:3 (September 1963): 670–71.Religion and the Founding Principle
– The Moral Foundations of the American Republic, Robert H. Horwitz, ed. (Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1977, 1986).Does the Constitution Secure These Rights?
– How Democratic Is the Constitution?, Robert A. Goldwin and William A. Schambra, eds. (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1980).The Constitution as Bill of Rights
– How Does the Constitution Secure Rights?, Robert A. Goldwin and William Schambra, eds. (Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1984); reprinted in Walter Berns, In Defense of Liberal Democracy (Regnery Gateway, 1984).In Defense of Political Philosophy: Two Letters to Walter Berns
– In Harry Jaffa, American Conservatism and the American Founding (Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1984)Excerpt: IN HIS ‘REPLY TO Harry Jaffa” (National Review, January 22, 1982), Walter Berns writes: There is no substance to Harry Jaffa’s criticism of me. In 1972, he wrote that the… More
In Defense of Liberal Democracy
– Regnery Gateway, 1984.In this new book of essays, Walter Berns give shape to the arena of American government and politics. He contends that “free government is an endangered species in our world,”… More
Equally Endowed With Rights
– Justice and Equality Here and Now, Frank Lucash, ed. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1986), 151–71.Taking Berns Seriously
– Grant B. Mindle, South Dakota Law Review 34:432 (1989).Justice as the Securing of Rights
– The Constitution, the Courts, and the Quest for Justice, Robert A. Goldwin and William A. Schambra, eds. (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1989).Taking the Constitution Seriously
– Simon and Schuster, 1987; reprinted, Madison Books, 1992.Walter Berns’s book is must reading for every judge, law student, or member of the general public who wants to know more about our Federal Constitution. Berns concisely and clearly… More
Natural Law, Natural Rights
– Washington Times, September 9, 1991. University of Cincinnati Law Review 61:1 (1992–93).Excerpt: “The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty,” said Abraham Lincoln, “and the American people, just now, are much in need of one.” That… More
Making Patriots
– University of Chicago Press, 2001; paperback edition, 2002.Although Samuel Johnson once remarked that “patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels,” over the course of the history of the United States we have seen our share of heroes:… More
On George Kateb’s Patriotism
– Cato Unbound, March 12, 2008.Excerpt: Professor Kateb begins by defining patriotism as love of country; fair enough. He then distinguishes this love from that of a child’s for his parents, pointing out that,… More