One Nation Under Law:
The Meaning of the Declaration of Independence
On Sale May 2026
“You may think that you know the Declaration of Independence, but this marvelous book will prove you wrong.” –Gerard Magliocca, Distinguished Professor and Lawrence A. Jegen II Professor, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, author of Washington’s Heir: The Life of Justice Bushrod Washington
Carlton F.W. Larson is a Martin Luther King, Jr., Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis, School of Law, where he teaches American constitutional law and English and American legal history. His scholarship has been cited by numerous federal and state courts and has been highlighted in The New York Times and many other publications. He is a frequent commentator for the national media on constitutional law issues and is the author of the books On Treason and The Trials of Allegiance (Oxford University Press, 2019).