The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Reconsidered: `An Appeal to the Real Laws of Our Country'.

Presents an essay about the creation of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798. Touchstone of Virginia's constitutionalism; Creation of a constitutional doctrine to be used in the defense of civil liberties; Importance of the reiteration of ultimate principles; Assurance on the value of a ratification instrument to assert the role of Virginia in creating the Constitution.