Delivered to English lawyers at Gray’s Inn while Beck was Solicitor-General, these lectures explain how the American Constitution came to be. He traces its roots in English law and colonial experience, the debates of the Philadelphia Convention, and the plain-spoken text that resulted, with a preface by the Earl of Balfour and an introduction by Sir John Simon.
A readable conservative appreciation of the Constitution from the 1920s, useful for students of American law and politics. Download the free EPUB.