The
Center for Constitutional Studies |
The Center for Constitutional Studies promotes research,
teaching, and publication on the history and theory of
constitutionalism,
with special emphasis on the Constitution of the United States of
America.
The Center explores in scholarly depth the fundamental principles
of
the American Constitution and examines their relevance to current
cultural
and political circumstances. A primary goal is to investigate
and
make known to the public ways of returning the United States to its
historic
roots as a limited, constitutional, and federal Republic.
Programs
The CENTER
FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
STUDIES's programs
include:
- Lectures, conferences, and
research
on American constitutionalism. Topics of continuing scholarly interest
include: What is Constitutionalism?; The Moral and Intellectual
Foundations
of the American Republic; Checks, Balances, and the Human Condition;
The
Significance of Federalism; The Responsibility of Judges; The Role of
Mediatiing
Structures; Religion in the Constitutional Republic; Education and
Constitutionalism;
and Property in a Free Society.
- A multiyear project to
develop
a constitutional history curriculum entitled: Who We Are: The Story
of America's Constitution. When completed, the curriculum will
consist
of main lessons in a multimedia format, together with books of
suggested
readings and important documents that should be known and appreciated
by
every educated American.
Personnel
Michael P. Federici,
Director.
An assistant professor of political science at Mercyhurst College,
Federici
is the author of The Challenge of Populism: The Rise of Right-Wing
Democratism
in Postwar America. He is a frequent contributor to scholarly
journals.
Gregory S. Ahern,
Fellow
in Constitutional Theory, holds a doctorate in political theory from
the
Catholic University of America. Ahern, who has done extensive research
on the founding period, is completing a book on John Dickinson and
American
constitutionalism.
Richard M. Gamble,
Fellow
in Twentieth-Century History. Gamble is an assistant professor of
history
at Palm Beach Atlantic College. His areas of specialization include the
Progressive Era, Modern U.S. History, American Intellectual History,
and
Religion and War. He is the author of The War for Righteousness:
The
Progressive Clergy and the Great War (forthcoming).
C. H. Hoebeke, Fellow
in
Constitutional History. Hoebeke, a faculty member at the University of
Virginia, is the author of The Road to Mass Democracy: Original
Intent
and the Seventeenth Amendment.
Sponsorship
and Support
CCS is sponsored by the NATIONAL
HUMANITIES INSTITUTE,
a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization operating under the
provisions
of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Like other NHI
activities
THE CENTER
FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
STUDIES depends for its
existence
on voluntary donations and grants from individuals, businesses, and
foundations.
Donations to NHI and CCS are tax deductible.
CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
STUDIES
National Humanities Institute
P.O. Box 1387
Bowie, MD 20718-1387
Phone/Fax: (301) 464-4277
Contact CCS
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Institute.
Last updated 27 March 2004