January 06, 2025

To begin an originalist-oriented review of 2024, here are new books of originalism interest published in 2024, as highlighted on the Originalism Blog:

W.B. Allen (ed.), Montesquieu's 'The Spirit of the Laws': A Critical Edition (Anthem Press)

Jack Balkin, Memory and Authority – The Uses of History in Constitutional Interpretation (Yale U. Press)

Randy Barnett, A Life for Liberty – The Making of an American Originalist (Encounter Books)

Curtis Bradley, Historical Gloss and Foreign Affairs: Constitutional Authority in Practice (Harvard U. Press)

Steven Calabresi & Gary Lawson: The Meese Revolution – The Making of a Constitutional Moment (Encounter Books)

Jonathan Gienapp, Against Constitutional Originalism – A Historical Critique (Yale U. Press)

Dennis Hale & Marc Landy, Keeping the Republic - A Defense of American Constitutionalism (U. Press of Kansas)

Alison LaCroix, The Interbellum Constitution: Union, Commerce, and Slavery in the Age of Federalisms (Yale U. Press)

William Leuchtenburg, Patriot Presidents – From George Washington to John Quincy Adams (Oxford U. Press)

Neil Siegel, The Collective-Action Constitution (Oxford U. Press)

No doubt I have forgotten or overlooked some, so please let me know and I will update accordingly.

UPDATE:  And of course I forgot a big one — updated to include Jonathan Gienapp's Against Constitutional Originalism – A Historical Critique.  Thanks to Michael L. Smith for the correction.

Posted at 6:11 AM