James Wilson (1742–1798) emigrated from Scotland in 1765 and was one of the major architects of the American judicial system.
Memoirs and Diaries
Primary Sources
Wilson, James, Kermit L. Hall, and Mark David Hall. Collected Works of James Wilson. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 2007.
Biographies
The Life an Career of Justice Jame Wilson. Vol. 4. 4 vols. Constitutional Discourse. Georgetown, DC: Georgetown Center for the Constitution, 2019.
Taylor, Michael H. James Wilson: The Anxious Founder. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2021. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781666997767.
Wegman, Jesse. The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People’s Constitution. First edition. Celadon Books, 2026.
Legacy
