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- ↑ Stoner, James (1992). Common law and liberal theory: Coke, Hobbes, and the origins of American constitutionalism. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700606306.
- ↑ Stoner, James (2003). Common-law liberty: rethinking American constitutionalism. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700612482.
- ↑ Stoner Jr., James Reist; Gregg, Samuel (2008). Rethinking business management: examining the foundations of business education. Princeton, New Jersey: Witherspoon Institute. ISBN 9780981491103.
- ↑ Stoner Jr., James Reist; Hughes, Donna M. (2010). The social costs of pornography: a collection of papers. Princeton, New Jersey: Witherspoon Institute. ISBN 9780981491134.
- ↑ Stoner Jr., James Reist; James, Harold (2015). The thriving society: on the social conditions of human flourishing. Princeton, New Jersey: Witherspoon Institute. ISBN 9780985108755.
