Blackstone Institute Information

The Blackstone Institute is a unique, cutting-edge, exciting educational adventure committed to declaring and defending the Judeo-Christian worldview of law - engaging in "constitutional and jurisprudential apologetics. We are an educational enterprise designed to inform and inspire its students and clients, with teaching as our tool and words as our weapons in the climactic cultural engagement popularly referred to as America's "Culture War. Biblical truths (e.g., The Ten Commandments) are the heart of our teaching. This articulation and application of the Judeo-Christian worldview of law were epitomized in the works of the great Eighteenth Century British jurist, Sir William Blackstone, whose legal philosophy dominated both English and American law until well into the Twentieth Century. Our work also reflects the influence of great Christian worldview/presuppositional apologetics scholars such as Francis Schaeffer. Working with others of like mind, the Institute functions within the framework set forth in 1 Peter 3:15-16. Blackstone is a teaching endeavor committed to promoting and pursuing research and teaching focused on constitutional theory/history, legal philosophy/history, and law-related theology, philosophy, and public policy/cultural issues - and their interrelationships. We also give attention to the classical liberal arts, which are necessary to understanding the Constitution and "the law" - and yet are typically excluded from "legal and constitutional studies. Our teaching, therefore, is clearly interdisciplinary. We research, create, and teach both in-the-box and out-of-the-box, always dedicated to functioning in accordance with the highest standards of scholarship.