The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist PapersHackett Publishing, 15. sep. 2003 - 392 strani Here, in a single volume, is a selection of the classic critiques of the new Constitution penned by such ardent defenders of states' rights and personal liberty as George Mason, Patrick Henry, and Melancton Smith; pro-Constitution writings by James Wilson and Noah Webster; and thirty-three of the best-known and most crucial Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. The texts of the chief constitutional documents of the early Republic are included as well. David Wootton's illuminating Introduction examines the history of such American principles of government as checks and balances, the separation of powers, representation by election, and judicial independence—including their roots in the largely Scottish, English, and French new science of politics. It also offers suggestions for reading The Federalist, the classic elaboration of these principles written in defense of a new Constitution that sought to apply them to the young Republic. |
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... 1787) Constitution of the United States of America (September 17, 1787) Bill of Rights (December 15, 1791) Index 289 301 310 317 317 324 326 337 339 Introduction Understanding the Constitution Two texts, a decade apart. One viii Contents.
... United States of America.'” The other begins “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union . . .” Between them, the living out of a revolution. One names a political entity that as yet scarcely exists and is ...
... United States of America in Congress assembled” (the voice of the Articles of Confederation), but of “We the People. . . .” The other was the voice not of Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, but of an anonymous spokesperson for this new ...
... and in the procedure adopted to compose and ratify it. The Constitution of the United States can be seen as one in a long series of constitutions based on the model of the Massachusetts Understanding the Constitution xv.