Lorien Johnson

Generalized Notes of Observation from a liberty-inclined, ocean-crossing historian-in-the-making.

A Declaratory Collaboration

The Influence of Thomas Jefferson on the Development of Marquis de Lafayette’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen Lorien D. Johnson 4 May 2005 and 31 December 2005 – Original Research Prepared for Submission to HST 551: French Revolution & Napoleonic Era – Dr. Dale R. Streeter – Continued Research Prepared [...]

Hesitant Democratization

The Development of Bolivian Democracy as Shaped by Perpetually Unmet Needs – Lorien D. Johnson 18 May 2006 – PLS 205: Comparative Politics – Dr. Gabriel Ondetti Missouri State University –

Preserving Negative Liberty

A Defense of the Strict Limitation of Government to the Preservation of Negative Liberty – Lorien D. Johnson 01 May, 2006 – PLS 565: Contemporary Political Ideologies – Dr. Denise Dutton Missouri State University

HST 496-3 Reading List

The Reading List for my independent reading course in U.S. Constitutional History: English declarations and bills of rights American declarations and bills of rights Sir Matthew Hale, The History of the Common Law in England Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, Liberty Fund 1998 Jack N. Rakove, Declaring Rights: [...]

Summer 2006 Plans

1) Write Latin American Civ essay (20pages, secondary research as the primaries are in GLYPH FORM. I wish I’d realized that detail when the semester was still underway. Ouch.) 2) Watch nearly every British period film/series available in the Springfield Greene County Library system. I’ve a list from Katherine, no less. 3) Study for the [...]