The Intellectual Origins of the Founding and Civil War Constitution

Monday, June 17 | Noon ET

Political theorist William B. Allen, editor and translator of a new edition of Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws, and Alison LaCroix, author of The Interbellum Constitution: Union, Commerce, and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms, explore the intellectual foundations—from Montesquieu and beyond—of the U.S. constitutional vision and core values from America’s founding through the Civil War. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Learn more

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