Constitution Society

For other uses, see Constitution Society (disambiguation).

The Constitution Society is a nonprofit educational^[1] organization headquartered in Austin, Texas, U.S., founded in 1994 by Jon Roland, a self-employed computer and management consultant.^[2][3] The society publishes online a large selection of major works on constitutional history, law and government.

Web site

The society’s web site features digital library resources including the online Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics — complete, annotated, and cross-linked copies of the most of the major works written or read by the American Founders, or by persons whose writings can enable one to understand their writings.^[4][5][6][7] As of April 2011, it had an Alexa Traffic Rank of 78,617, with 2943 links in.^[8] It also has documents from other countries.^[9]

Publications

The Constitution Society sponsors the writing and publication of news and law review and history articles, including:

• "Public Safety or Bills of Attainder?", by Jon Roland.^[10]
• "Hurst's Law of Treason", by Jon Roland.^[11]
• "Mansfieldism Reconsidered", by Jon Roland.^[12]

See also

• Federalist Society
• Cato Institute
• Liberty Fund
• Institute for Justice
• Independent Institute
• Independence Institute

References

1. ^ U.S. Constitution Teaching Theme, Teach-nology
2. ^ Citation for Roland's occupation: Pasztor, David (October 6, 2002). "Rival candidates, common backgrounds ; Two attorney general hopefuls have similar tales, differing visions". Austin American Statesman: p. A.1. 
3. ^ Nominee of the Texas libertarian Party for Attorney General in 2002, 2006, and 2010.
4. ^ Weblaw Gateway to Australian Legal Resources. Link
5. ^ Calvin Johnson, Really Cool Stuff: Digital Searches into the Constitutional Period, 25 Const. Commentary 51 (Spring 2008). Link
6. ^ Cited as a research source in Robert Churchill, To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face, U. Michigan Press, 2009. ISBN 0472116827
7. ^ Discussion of nullification proposal of Jon Roland on the site by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Nullification, Regnery, 2010, pp. 139-142. ISBN 9781596981492
8. ^ http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/constitution.org
9. ^ The Higher Education Academy. Link
10. ^ "Public Safety or Bills of Attainder?", by Jon Roland. University of West Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 34, 2002. Link
11. ^ "Hurst's Law of Treason", by Jon Roland. University of West Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 34, 2002. Link
12. ^ Jon Roland, Mansfieldism Reconsidered. Link

External links

• Constitution Society (CS) official website.
• Constitution primary blog.