Books by Center Visiting Scholars

 

The Center supports an active Visiting Scholars Program in which five to ten scholars each year spend a semester in residence working on book projects. A partial list of books that have been published by our Visiting Scholars appears below.

 

  • Imposing Values: An Essay on Liberalism and Regulation by N. Scott Arnold (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2008)
     
  • Letters and Other Writings: Tocqueville on America after 1840, ed. and trans. Aurelian Craiutu and Jeremy Jennings (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2008)
     
  • Adam Smith by James Otteson (Continuum Press, forthcoming 2008)
     
  • Good Money: Private Enterprise and the Foundation of Modern Coinage by George Selgin (University of Michigan Press, forthcoming 2008) 
     
  • Political Conspiracies in America: A Reader, ed. Donald Critchlow, John Korasick, and Matthew C. Sherman (Indiana University Press, 2008)
     
  • Nothing Less Than Victory: Military Offense and the Lessons of History by John D. Lewis (Princeton University Press, 2008)
     
  •  The Constitution on the Campaign Trail: The Surprising Political Career of America's Founding Document by Andrew Busch (Rowman and Littlefield, 2007)
     
  • The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Political History by Donald Critchlow (Harvard University Press, 2007)
     
  • Government and Public Health in America by Ronald Hamowy (Edward Elgar, 2007)
     
  • Early Greek Lawgivers by John D. Lewis (Bristol Classical Press, 2007)
     
  • War, Wine, and Taxes: The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade, 1689-1900 by John V. Nye (Princeton University Press, 2007)
     
  • Is the Welfare State Justified? by Daniel Shapiro (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
     
  • Actual Ethics by James Otteson (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
     
  • Modern America and the Legacy of the Founding, ed. R.J. Pestritto and Thomas West (Lexington Books, 2006)
     
  • Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation: A Theory of Discourse Failure by Guido Pincione and Fernando R. Teson (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
     
  • Peddling Panaceas: Popular Economists in the New Deal Era by Gary Dean Best (Transaction, 2005)
     
  • Harold Laski and American Liberalism by Gary Dean Best (Transaction, 2005)
     
  • Reagan's Victory: The Presidential Election of 1980 and the Rise of the Right by Andrew Busch (Rowman and Littlefield, 2005)
     
  • Red Over Blue: The 2004 Elections and American Politics by Andrew Busch and James Ceaser (Rowman and Littlefield, 2005)
     
  • Right Turn: John T. Flynn and the Transformation of American Liberalism by John E. Moser (New York University Press, 2005)
     
  • The New Old Logic: Essays on the Philosophy of Fred Sommers, ed. David Oderberg (MIT Press, 2005)
     
  • Norms of Liberty: A Perfectionist Basis for Non-Perfectionist Politics by Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. den Uyl (Penn State University Press, 2005)
     
  •  Introduction to Walter Lippmann's The Good Society, by Gary Dean Best (Transaction, 2004)
     
  • The Twilight of the Old Unionism by Leo Troy (M.E. Sharpe,2004)
     
  • The Limits of Civic Action: Cautionary Tales on teh Use of Politics by Robert Weissberg (Transaction, 2004)
     
  • The Dollar Decade: Mammon and Machine in the 1920s by Gary Dean Best (Praeger, 2003)
     
  • On Nozick by Edward Feser (Wadsworth, 2003)
     
  • The Liberal Archipelago: A Theory of Diversity and Freedom by Chandran Kukathas (Oxford University Press, 2003)
     
  • The Retreat from Liberalism by Gary Dean Best (Praeger, 2002)
     
  • Morality and the Market: Ethics and Virtue in the Conduct of Business, ed. Eugene Heath (McGraw-Hill, 2002)
     
  • Presidents from Hoover through Truman, 1929 to 1953: Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents by John E. Moser (Greenwood Press, 2002)
     
  • Robert Nozick, ed. David Schmidtz (Cambridge University Press, 2002)
     
  • Rethinking the Great Depression in the United States by Gene Smiley (Ivan R. Dee, 2002)
     
  • Polling, Policy, and Public Opinion: The Case Against Heeding the "Voice of the People" by Robert Weissberg (Palgrave-MacMillan, 2002)
     
  • Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration by Jonathan Bean (University Press of Kentucky, 2001)
     
  • Liberalism Beyond Justice: Citizens, Society, and the Boundaries of Political Theory by John Tomasi (Princeton University Press, 2001)
     
  • From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967 by David Beito (University of North Carolina Press, 2000)
     
  • On Hallowed Ground: Abraham Lincoln and the Foundations of American History by John Patrick Diggins (Yale University Press, 2000)
     
  • Thomas Jefferson and the Politics of Nature, ed. Thomas S. Engeman (University of Notre Dame Press, 2000)
     
  • Understanding the Teacher Union Contract: A Citizen's Handbook by Myron Lieberman (Transaction 2000)
     
  •  First Principles: The Jurisprudence of Clarence Thomas by Scott Douglas Gerber (New York University Press, 1999; expanded ed. 2002)
     
  • What Do Economists Contribute?, ed. Daniel B. Klein (New York University Press, 1999)
     
  • Constitutional Construction: Divided Powers and Constitutional Meaning by Keith Whittington (Harvard University Press, 1999)
     
  • Constitutional Interpretation: Original Intent, Judicial Review, and Textual Meaning by Keith Whittington (University Press of Kansas, 1999)
     
  • Business Ethics by Norman Barry (Macmillan, 1998)
     
  • Limited Government: Individual Liberty and the Rule of Law: Selected Works of Arthur Asher Shenfield, ed. Norman Barry (Eldward Elgar, 1998)
     
  • Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era by Herman Belz (Fordham University Press, 1998)
     
  • Seriatim: The Supreme Court Before John Marshall, ed. Scott Douglas Gerber (New York University Press, 1998)
     
  • Joseph Butler by R.G. Frey (Oxford University Press, 1998)
     
  • The Authority of Reason by Jean Hampton (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
     
  • An Essay on the Modern State by Christopher W. Morris (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
     
  • Business, Ethics, and the Modern Economy by Norman Barry (New Zealand Business Roundtable, 1997)
     
  • Character and Culture by Lester H. Hunt (Rowman and Littlefield, 1997)
     
  • Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Republic by Robert Mayhew (Rowman and Littlefield, 1997)
     
  • Political Philosophy by Jean Hampton (Westview Pess, 1997)
     
  • The Teacher Unions by Myron Lieberman (Free Press, 1997)
     
  • The Natural Rights Republic: Studies in the Foundation of the American Political Tradition by Michael Zuckert (University of Notre Dame Press, 1997)
     
  • Self-Interest: An Anthology of Philosophical Perspectives, ed. Kelly Rogers (Routledge, 1996)
     
  • Classical Liberalism in the Age of Post-Communism by Norman Barry (Edward Elgar, 1996)
     
  • Postmodern Platos: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gadamer, Strauss, Derrida by Catherine Zucker (University of Chicago Press, 1996)
     
  • Justificatory Liberalism: An Essay on Epistemology and Political Theory by Gerald F. Gaus (Oxford University Press, 1995)
     
  • Classical Liberalism: The Unvanquished Ideal by David Conway (Macmillan, 1995)
     
  • Liberalism and Community by Steven Kautz (Cornell University Press,
     
  • Contractarianism versus Holism: Reinterpreting Locke's Two Treatises of Government by Zbigniew Rau (University Press of America, 1995)
     
  • Marxism and the Leap to the Kingdom of Freedom by Andrzej Walicki (Stanford University Press, 1995)
     
  • Isaiah Berlin by John Gray (HarperCollins, 1995)
     
  • Rational Choice and Moral Agency by David Schmidtz (Princeton University Press, 1995)
     
  • The Philosophy and Economics of Market Socialism by N. Scott Arnold (Oxford University Press, 1994)
     
  • Property Rights and the Constitution: Shaping Society through Land Use Regulation by Dennis J. Coyle (State University of New York Press, 1993)
     
  • Value, Welfare, and Morality, ed. R.G. Frey and Christopher W. Morris (Cambridge University Press, 1993)
     
  • Public Education: An Autopsy by Myron Lieberman (Harvard University Press, 1993)
     
  • Democracy and Decision: The Pure Theory of Electoral Preference by Geoffrey Brennan and Loren E. Lomasky (Cambridge University Press, 1993)
     
  • Beyond the New Right: Markets, Government, and the Common Environment by John Gray (Routledge, 1993)
     
  •  Post-Liberalism: Studies in Political Thought by John Gray (Routledge, 1993)
     
  • Two Paths Toward Peace by Doanld Scherer and James W. Child (Temple University Press, 1992)
     
  • Locke's Two Treatises of Government (Polish translation) by Zbigniew Raw (Library of the Classics of Philosophy, 1992)
     
  • The Reemergency of Civil Society in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, ed. Zbigniew Rau (Westview Press, 1991)
     
  • The Morality of Business Enterprise by Norman Barry (Aberdeen University Press, 1991)
     
  • Advertising Bans: Administrative Decisions or Matters of Principle? by John Gray (The Social Affairs Unit, 1991)
     
  • The Strange Death of Perestroika: Causes and Consequences of the Soviet Coup by John Gray (Institute for European Defence and Strategic Studies, 1991)
     
  • Secession: The Morality of Political Divorce from Fort Sumter to Lithuania and Quebec by Allen Buchanan (Westview Press, 1991)
     
  • The Limits of Government: An Essay on the Public Goods Argument by David Schmidtz (Westview Press, 1991)
     
  • Liability and Responsibility: Essays in Law and Morals, ed. R.G. Frey and Christopher W. Morris (Cambridge University Press, 1991)
     
  • Nietzsche and the Origin of Virtue by Lester H. Hunt (Routledge, 1990)
     
  • Marx's Radical Critique of Capitalist Society: A Reconstruction and Critical Evaluation by N. Scott Arnold (Oxford University Press, 1990)
     
  • Rationality and Dynamic Choice: Foundational Explorations by Edward F. McClennen (Cambridge University Press, 1990)
     
  • Welfare by Norman Barry (University of Minnesota Press, 1990)
     
  • Citizenship and Rights in Thatcher's Britain: Two Views by Raymont Plant and Norman Barry (IEA Health and Welfare Unit, 1990)
     
  • Limited Government: A Positive Agenda by John Gray (Institute of Economic Affairs, 1989)
     
  • Liberalisms by John Gray (Routledge, 1989)
     
  • Politics and Process: New Essays in Democratic Theory, ed. Loren E. Lomasky and Geoffrey Brennan (Cambridge University Press, 1989)
     
  • Equality in Liberty and Justice by Antony G.N. Flew (Routledge, 1988)
     
  • Conservative Thinkers, ed. Roger Scruton (Claridge, 1988)
     
  • Industrial Democracy in America: Ideological Origins of National Labor Relations Policy by Howard Dickman (Open Court, 1987)
     
  • Power to the Parents by Antony G.N. Flew (Sherwood, 1987)
     
  • David Hume: Philosopher of Moral Science by Antony G.N. Flew (Basil Blackwell, 1986)
     
  • Liberalism by John Gray (University of Minnesota Press, 1986)
     
  • Utility and Rights, ed. R.G. Frey (Basil Blackwell, 1985)
     
  • Thinking About Social Thinking: The Philosophy of the Social Sciences by Antony G.N. Flew (Basil Blackwell, 1985)
     
  • Hayek on Liberty by John Gray (Basil Blackwell, 1984)
     
  • Rights, Killing, and Suffering: Moral Vegetarianism and Applied Ethics by R.G. Frey (Basil Blackwell, 1983) 
     
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