James Madison and the Future of Limited GovernmentJohn Curtis Samples Cato Institute, 2002 - 246 strani The essays in this volume use Madison to engage such contemporary issues as multiculturalism, federalism, the emerging democracies, the scope of international law, and faith-based policy and politics. This book speaks to both the past and present of the American republic. |
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Madisons Constitutional Vision The Legacy of Enumerated Powers | 25 |
The Novelty of James Madisons Constitutionalism | 43 |
The Madisonian Legacy A Jeffersonian Perspective | 59 |
Madison and Multiculturalism Group Representation Group Rights and Constitutionalism | 71 |
Indians in Madisons Constitutional Order | 121 |
James Madison on Religion and Politics | 135 |
James Madison on Religion and Politics Conservative AntiRationalist Libertarian | 147 |
Madison and the Revival of Pure Democracy | 165 |
The Rule of Law and Freedom in Emerging Democracies A Madisonian Perspective | 191 |
Governance beyond the Nation State James Madison on Foreign Policy and Universal Peace | 213 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 229 |
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Stran 9 - But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place oblige it to control itself...
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