University of Notre Dame

The Tocqueville Program and the Constitutional Studies project in the Political Science Department at the University of Notre Dame are important efforts, partially funded by the Jack Miller Center and its partner foundations, to increase the study of American Constitutional History and civic life. The faculty partner at the heart of this effort at Notre Dame is Michael P. Zuckert (B.A., Cornell University; Ph.D, University of Chicago, 1974).

Professor Zuckert works widely in the field of political philosophy, American constitutional law and theory, and American political thought. He has published Natural Rights and the New Republicanism and The Natural Rights Republic, which was named an outstanding book for 1997 by Choice magazine. In addition, Zuckert has published articles on a variety of topics, including George Orwell, Plato’s “Apology,” Shakespeare, and contemporary liberal theory. His most recent book is Launching Liberalism: On Lockean Political Philosophy. He is currently completing a book entitled Completing the Constitution: The Post-Civil War Amendments, is co-authoring a book on Machiavelli and Shakespeare, and has been commissioned to write the volume on John Rawls for a new series on Twentieth Century Political Philosophy . He co-authored and co-produced the public radio series Mr. Adams and Mr. Jefferson: A Nine Part Drama for the Radio and was senior scholar for Liberty!, a six hour public television series on the American Revolution. He has received grants from NEH, the Woodrow Wilson Center, Earhart Foundation and NSF, and has taught at Carleton College, Cornell University, Claremont Men’s College, Fordham University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Michael Zuckert

Professor Zuckert has a reputation as one of the best classroom teachers in the United States for both graduate and undergraduate students. He also participates as a faculty member at our Jack Miller Summer Institutes and has played a leading role in the consortium of Chicago area schools involved in the JMC Chicago Initiative.

Tags: Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, Completing The Constitution, Launching Liberalism, Michael Zuckert, The Natural Rights Republic, University of Notre Dame

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