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BIBLIOGRAPHY

The leading books on the concept of constitutionalism
from the point of view of general history are by Charles
H. McIlwain, Constitutionalism and the Changing World
(New York, 1939), and Constitutionalism: Ancient and Mod-
ern
(Ithaca, 1947). Other useful books on constitutional-
ism around the world are: Carl J. Friedrich, The Impact
of American Constitutionalism Abroad
(Boston, 1967);
Leslie Wolf-Phillips, Constitutions of Modern States (Lon-
don, 1968); William G. Andrews, Constitutions and Con-
stitutionalism,
3rd ed. (Princeton, 1968); and Francis D.
Wormuth, The Origins of Modern Constitutionalism (New
York, 1949). Leading books on American constitutionalism
which are well worth consulting include: Edward S. Corwin,
The “Higher Law” Background of American Constitutional
Law
(reprint, Ithaca, 1955); Howard Lee McBain, The
Living Constitution
(New York, 1927); Arthur E. Sutherland,
Constitutionalism in America (New York, 1965); Howard Jay
Graham, Everyman's Constitution (Madison, 1968); and
Charles G. Haines, The American Doctrine of Judicial Su-
premacy
(New York, 1914). Useful essays will be found in
James Bryce, Studies in History and Jurisprudence (Oxford,
1901), Vol. I, Ch. III, pp. 145-254, “Flexible and Written
Constitutions,” and Vol. II, Ch. XI, pp. 112-71, “The Law
of Nature.”

DAVID FELLMAN

[See also Authority; Democracy; General Will; Law; Legal
Responsibility; Nation; Revolution; Right and Good; Social
Contract; State.]