Two Revolutions and the Constitution (Part One) | Special Interview with James Phillips

<p>Join us for part one of our interview with James Philips to discuss his book, <em>Two Revolutions and the Constitution | How the English and American Revolutions Produced the American Constitution</em>. In this special discussion, we talk about the origins of the book, the links between the US and British constitutions, the power of personality within history...and more.</p> <p>James D.R. Philips studied at the Universities of Oxford and Sydney and holds degrees in liberal arts and in law. He has been a successful mergers and acquisitions attorney for more than thirty years and is a visiting lecturer at the University of Sydney's Law School. He held leadership positions at two law firms and is now a non-executive director of several organizations, including a leading Australian public-policy-research institute. Philips first read the American Constitution in school and began reading about the English revolutionary and American colonial periods in 2005.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/15minutehistory/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/15minutehistory/support</a>