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The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 21: Coke, Blackstone, and English Law

The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 21: Coke, Blackstone, and English Law
Portrait of Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780), circa 1755. National Portrait Gallery
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British institutions were important (although not controlling) models for the American Constitution-makers.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.
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