Total run time:
3h 30m
In order to understand the founding documents of the United States, you need to know something about the men who wrote them. What books or thinkers influenced the Founders? Why were there disagreements at the Constitutional Convention? How did people who talked about freedom allow slavery to continue? What is the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?
How did our founding fathers encounter the ideas of John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu? Today we have two professors from the film, Paul Carrese and Michael Zuckert, who are here to answer that question and give some advice to current students and w
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How did our founding fathers encounter the ideas of John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu? Today we have two professors from the film, Paul Carrese and Michael Zuckert, who are here to answer that question and give some advice to current students and what law school students should take away from these two philosophers behind the founders.
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Watch the full film, Locke & Montesquieu: The Philosophers Behind the Founders, here:
https://youtu.be/O7GvWSSMkis
Learn more about Paul Carrese:
https://youtu.be/O7GvWSSMkis
Learn more about Michael Zuckert:
https://youtu.be/O7GvWSSMkis
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.
Total run time:
3h 30m
Course:
Total videos:
15
Difficulty:
Elective
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