Publications and Conference Papers
Books
The Canadian Regime 7th ed. Toronto: University of Toronto, 2012. Co-authored with Richard Myers, Gerald Baier, and Thomas M.J. Bateman
Le Regime Politique Canadien. Toronto: Broadview Press, 2000. Co-authored with Richard Myers.
Scholarly Publications
“Prudence and Glory: Machiavelli on Political Leadership” in Joseph Masciulli, Mikhail A. Molchanov, and W. Andy Knight eds. The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Leadership. Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2009. Co-authored with Christine Cornell.
“Intent of the Founders” in The Encyclopaedia of the United States Constitution, 2-Volume Set. New York: Infobase Publishing, 2009.
“Joseph Story” in The Encyclopaedia of the United States Constitution, 2-Volume Set. New York: Infobase Publishing, 2009.
“Administrative Discretion” in The Encyclopaedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. New York Facts on File, 2003.
“Max Weber” in The Encyclopaedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. New York: Facts on File, 2003.
“Natural Law” in The Encyclopaedia of the Supreme Court. 3 vols. (Pasadena: Salem Press, 2000), 653-4.
"Tommy Douglas” in the Biographical Encyclopaedia of Twentieth Century World Leaders (Marshall Cavendish Pub., 1999), 420-422.
“John Diefenbaker” in the Biographical Encyclopaedia of Twentieth Century World Leaders (Marshall Cavendish Pub., 1999), 404-407.
“William Lyon Mackenzie King” in the Biographical Encyclopaedia of Twentieth Century World Leaders (Marshall Cavendish Pub., 1999), 860-862.
“Maurice Duplessis” in the Biographical Encyclopaedia of Twentieth Century World Leaders (Marshall Cavendish Pub., 1999), 446-448.
“Karl Lowith” in Modern Germany: An Encyclopaedia of History, People and Culture, 1871-1990 (Hamden: Garland Publishing Inc., 1998), 613.
“Jonathan Swift” in Censorship. 3 vols. (Pasadena: Salem Press, 1997).
“John Dickinson” in the American National Biography (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997).
“Natural Rights” in The Encyclopaedia of Civil Rights in America (M.E. Sharpe Press, 1997).
"The Sea Wolf: Nature Versus Morality" in Joseph Knippenburg and Peter Lawler eds. Poets, Princes, and Private Citizens. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 1996.
"What is a University?" Teaching Voices 22 (1996):4-6.
"Debates: Techniques for Improving Student Thinking." The Teaching Professor 7 (March 1993): 6-7.
"Technology and Mother Earth: The Rousseauian Roots of the Debate" Journal of Dharma: An International Quarterly of World Religions 18 (June 1993): 162-73. Co-authored with Richard Myers.
"Two Cheers for the Leadership Convention." Policy Options 13 (December 1992): 24-25.
"Reflections on Canada's First Senate Election." Canadian Parliamentary Review 14 (Autumn 1991): 28-30.
"Province-State Legislative Relations." Canadian Parliamentary Review 10 (Autumn 1987): 10-12.
"The Selection of Party Leaders." Ontario Legislative Research Service, Research Review 21. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1986. ISSN 0715-9570.
Conference Papers
“Finding the Mean in Henry Adams’ Democracy: A Novel” Co-authored with Dr. Richard Myers. A paper presented at the 16th Annual Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) Conference in New Brunswick, New Jersey, April 15-17, 2010.
“Socratic Demagoguery” Co-authored with Dr. Richard Myers. A paper presented at the 15th Annual Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) Conference in Memphis, Tennessee, April 16-29, 2009.
“Nietzsche’s essay On the Use and Disadvantage of History: An Excellent Core Text” A paper presented at the 13th Annual Association of Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) Conference in Willliamsburg, Virginia March 2007.
“The Western as Core Text” A paper presented at the annual Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. April 2003.
“Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and the Study of Politics” Co-authored with Dr. Christine Cornell. A paper presented at the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association (APPSA) Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick. October 2002.
“Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus as a Core Text for Teaching Political Judgement” A paper presented at the ACTC Annual Conference in Montreal, Quebec, April 2002.
“The Image of the Ship in Plato’s Republic.” A paper presented at the ACTC Conference at University of Notre Dame, Indiana. April 2001.
“Magnanimity and Prudence in Shakespeare’s Coriolanus.” Co-authored with Christine Cornell. A paper presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Studies Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan. May 2001.
“Plato and the Cultivation of Political Judgement.” A paper presented at the ACTC Conference in San Francisco, California, April 2000.
“Should Philosophy be taught at Universities?” A paper presented at the ACTC (Association for Core Texts and Courses) Conference in New Orleans, April 1999. Co-authored with Barry Craig, Department of Philosophy, St. Thomas University.
“Tocqueville on Liberal Education.” A paper presented at the CIRLA (Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in the Liberal Arts) conference in Banff, Alberta. May 1996. Co-authored with Richard Myers.
“The Elements of Swift's Statesmanship.” A paper presented at the Irish Cultural Symposium, August 11-13, 1995 in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. “Reforming the Rebels: Protagoras' Socratic Education.” A paper presented at the September 1992 Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Classical Association at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Co-authored with Richard Myers.
“A.V. Dicey's View of Individual Rights and the Rule of Law.” A paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association's Annual Meeting at Laval University, Quebec, June 1-3, 1989.
“Victorian Liberalism and American Government: The Statesmanship of A.V. Dicey.” A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Conference on British Studies, Lincoln, Nebraska, October 29-31, 1987.
“An Overview of the Canadian Federal System.” A paper prepared for delegates to the 1985 Zavikon Conference on Federalism, Toronto, Ontario.
Book Reviews
“Calvin and Locke” A review of Culture of Complaint: The Fraying of America. Robert Hughes. The Nashwaak Review 1(1994): 221-3.
Rev. of Nietzsche's Philosophy of Art. Julian Young. The Antigonish Review 95 (Autumn 1993): 119-23.
Rev. of Law and Public Choice: A Critical Introduction. Daniel A. Farber and Phillip P. Frickey. Benchmark: A Quarterly Review of the Constitution and the Courts 5(1993): 134-6.
Rev. of Canadian Constitutional Conventions: The Marriage of Law and Politics. Andrew Heard. American Review of Canadian Studies 23(Autumn 1993): 484-6.
Rev. of Confederation in Crisis, ed. Robert Young. American Review of Canadian Studies 22(Autumn 1992): 455-6.
Conference Participation
Invited participant to the Liberty Fund Conference “Higher Education in Liberal Democracy” Big Sky, Montana. August 2-5, 2007.
Invited participant to the Liberty Fund Conference “Aristophanes on Democracy and Freedom” Safety
Harbour, Florida, January 12-14, 2006.
Panel Coordinator, Association for Core Texts and Courses (ACTC) Conference in Montreal, April 2002.
Commentator on “Soulcare-Soulcraft” by Horst Hutter and “Distributive Justice in Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus” at the Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference at University of Ottawa, June 1998.
Commentator on “Liberalism’s Platonic Residues” by Regina Cochrane, at a panel at the CPSA Learned Societies Conference in St. John’s, June 1997.
Commentator on “Reflections on the Basis and Intention of Tocqueville’s New Political Science” by William Mathie, at a panel at the CPSA Learned Societies Conference in St. John’s, June 1997.
Round table participant “Political Leadership” a panel at the CPSA Learned Societies Conference at Brock University in St. Catherines, June 1996.
Commentator on “Why International Relations Theory already knew about the End of History” by John H. Eastby, a paper presented at a panel at the Annual CPSA Learned Societies Conference in Ottawa, June 1993.
Chaired panel “Issues in Middle East Politics” at the Rand Symposium, sponsored by the UNB Law Faculty, June 1993.
Invited participant to the Liberty Fund Conference “Law and Economics” in Victoria, April 1990.
Invited Lectures and Addresses
“Collegiality and Professionalism in Faculty Evaluation” A Faculty Development Workshop on Evaluation for Deans and Department Chairs October, 2007 at University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas
“Using Human Rights as a Vehicle for Achieving Inclusive Education.” Presented at the Canadian Association for Community Living Conference in Toronto, November 2002.
“Can Political Judgement be Taught?” Annual ICUSTA Lecture, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas. April 2002.
“Human Rights: Their Groundwork in Human Dignity.” Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia November 2001
“Hate Crimes in Canada and the United States.” Averett College, Danville, Virginia. November 2001.
“Nietzsche and Liberal Education.” Wilson Centre for Leadership Symposium, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia. November, 2001.
“Challenges for Contemporary Human Rights.” Havergal College, Toronto. November 2001.
“Structuring Undergraduate Human Rights Programs” 2nd meeting of the International Human Rights Education Consortium, August 17-19, 2001. St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
“Human Rights in New Brunswick.” University of New Brunswick Department of Political Science, March 2000.
“Human Rights and Human Dignity.” Summer Convocation Address at St. Thomas University, July 2000.
“Liberal Education and Consumerism.” Address to students at the annual fall Induction Ceremony, St. Thomas University. September 2000.
“The Structure and Operations of Government: Challenges for Accountability” A Workshop for Canadian Government senior civil servants, delivered for the Canadian Centre for Management Development, Government of Canada. A two day short course given in Ottawa and Toronto in January, April, August, and December 1999.
“Will there be a Canada in the Year 2000?” Bishop Conference Center, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, April 1998.
“The Future of Canada.” Averett College, Danville, Virginia, October 1996.