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A collection of research papers submitted for various courses at the BYU Law School.

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Submissions from 2005 2005

The Legend and Fall of Trial by Battle, Zachary John Withers

Submissions from 2004 2004

Judicial Review - As the Framers intended, Todd K. Jenson

Energy in the Executive: The Nature and Origins of "Executive Power", Justin W. Starr

The Executive Pardon Power, Lance Starr

Biblical Roots of the Right Against Self-incrimination, Daniel Ure

The Judicial Mandate as Understood by the Founders: A Study of the Debate on the Role and Power of the Courts to Review the Acts of Other Branches in the Constitutional Convention, Darren R. Watts

Submissions from 2003 2003

Shattered Aspiration: The Founders' Hope for Peaceful Emancipation, Brad Brotherson

How Plutarch's Writings and Julius Caesar Assisted the Creation of a Balanced Government, Joseph (Joe) Pia

Submissions from 2002 2002

Soft But Not Silent: Free Black Influence on the Constitutional Context, Matthew Bullock

An Oral History of Christine Meaders Durham, John Jensen

The Founding Fathers and the Second Amendment, Darrin K. Johns

John Marshall, the Virginia Convention, and the Ratification of the Constitution, William Perkins

How Early American Relationships with the Indian Tribes Created a Stronger Federal Government, Joyce G. Smith

The Religion of "America's Philosopher", David Wardle

Submissions from 2001 2001

There Shall Be No Kings Upon the Land Discussions of Monarchy During the Drafting and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution, Ronald Z. Ahrens

Hume's Silent Contribution to the Constitution Reexamining the Tenth Federalist & the Perfect Commonwealth, Drew Briney

Little Jimmy's Tub: A Tale of the Bill of Rights and the Anti-Federalist "Whale", R. Eric Craig

Accommodation or Acculturation: Lack of Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Clause During the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America, Eric Gentry

Contemporary View of the Original Constitution, Amber K. Spencer

Submissions from 2000 2000

The New Diogenes The Quest for Lasting Virtue in Colonial America, Benjamin Broderick

The Origins of American Patent Law Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, Tina M. Chappell

Princeton, Virtue, and Madison's Republic, Rebekah Griffin

"Original Intent of the Establishment Clause": Separation not Secularism, Sarah Hatch

The History and Literal Meaning of the Right to Bear Arms, David Meibos

Participating in the Process: A Key to Understanding Peculiar Behavior Surrounding the Signing and Ratifying of the United States Constitution, Michelle R. Mitchell