Books

Books

It would be an overwhelming task to list every book that dealt with some concept related to the Rule of Law. I have not even begun to try. The list I present below is intended to 1) provide an introduction to the Rule and its applications; and 2) provide an insight into erosion of the Rule over the past few decades and the dangers we are about to face.

Inclusion on this list is NOT an endorsement of the book. In a number of cases I have presented two books that are disparate to each other. I disagree strongly with several. There are, however, two books I strongly recommend for your education and enlightenment -- Charlie Savage's "Takeover" and Naomi Klein's investigation into "Disaster Capitalism".

The titles are linked to their listing on amazon.com. Again, no endorsement of that site is intended. It was a convenient way to provide you with information and reviews.

Bob Moss

TITLE	AUTHOR
America's Constitution - A Biography	Akhil Reed Amar
The Bill of Rights - Creation and Reconstruction	Akhil Reed Amar
The Heritage Guide to The Constitution	Meese, Spalding, Forte
Originalism - A Quarter-Century of Debate	Forward by Justice Antonin Scalia Edited by Steven Calabresi
Active Liberty - Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution	Justice Stephen Breyer
The Most Democratic Branch - How The Courts Serve America	Jeffrey Rosen
The Federalist Papers	Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, and Clinton Rossiter
The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates	Editor: Ralph Ketchum
On The Rule of Law: History, Politics, Theory	Brian Z Tamanaha
The Rule of Law in America	Ronald A. Cass
The Constitution of Liberty	Friedrich Hayek
Law, Pragmatism and Democracy	Richard Posner
Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergency (Inalienable Rights)	Richard Posner
The War on Terrorism and the Rule of Law	Richard M. Pious
The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom	Richard A. Levy and William Mellor
Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches By a "Goldwater Republican" and former Counsel to the President	John Dean
Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy From the Pulitzer Prize winning series.	Charlie Savage
The Terror Presidency - Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration By a former Head of the Office of Legal Counsel in the Bush Administration	Jack Goldsmith
George W. Bush versus the U.S. Constitution The Downing Street Memos and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution and Coverups in the Iraq War and Illegal Domestic Spying Compiled by staff of the House Judiciary Committee	Fwd by Representative John Conyers, Jr. Edited by Anita Miller
What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception By the former White House Press Secretary	Scott McClellan
The Shock Doctrine - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism	Naomi Klein
Free to Choose: A Personal Statement	Milton and Rose Friedman
Law as Means to an End: Threat to the Rule of Law	Brian Z. Tamanaha
By Order of The President - The Use and Abuse of Executive Direct Action	Phillip J. Cooper
Constitutional Conflicts Between Congress and the President	Louis Fisher
The Politics of Executive Privilege	Louis Fisher

What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception