Introduction / Gary L. McDowell and Johnathan O'Neill
pt I. Enlightenment philosophy and constitutionalism. Recovering (from) Enlightenment? / Steven D. Smith ; The positivization of natural rights / Martin Loughlin ; Epicureanism and the Enlightenment / Frederick Rosen ; Preface to liberalism: Locke's First Treatise and the Bible / Robert Faulkner ; Montesquieu and the constitution of liberty / Paul A. Rahe
pt II. The Enlightenment and the Constitution in America. The American Enlightenment / Gordon S. Wood ; Enlightenment and experience: the Virginia Constitution of 1776 / Colin Bonwick ; Nation-making and the American constitutional process / J.R. Pole ; Ticklish experiments: the paradox of American constitutionalism / Jack Rakove ; James Madison and the idea of fundamental law / C. Bradley Thompson.