The constitutional tradition of the French Revolution is often exclusively identified with the Constitution of 1791, the text of which began with the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of ...

Committee formed to frame new Constitution — Plans of Girondins — Struggle between Girondins and Montagnards — Girondins try to strengthen power of Directoires — Girondist scheme rejected — ...

Although Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution guaranteed the right to repossess any "person held to service or labor" (a euphemism for slaves), it did not set up a mechanism for ...

The year 1793 was a scant four years after ratification of the Constitution — a Constitution that had transferred many powers from the states to the federal government — so state politicians were very ...

The Constitution has guaranteed our freedoms and rights for over 200 years. In this regular series, Dean Leonard Baynes with the University of Houston Law Center looks at the Amendments and how they ...