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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... Citizen of America [Noah Webster], An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution (October 17, 1787) 110 The Federalist 140 No. 1: Introduction (October 27, 1787) [Hamilton] 140 No. 2: Concerning the Dangers from ...
... citizens would be bound to preserve and maintain it. Briefly, England actually was governed under a written constitution, the Instrument of Government (1653–7). This was a modern constitution in that it distinguished between “the ...
... citizens) wise and patriotic. Madison maintains that Montesquieu (whom he does not mention by name, but who is one of the “theoretic politicians” he has in mind) was wrong because he did not understand the significance of representation ...
... citizens, prepared to sacri- fice all for their community, nor philosopher-rulers, but effective politicians, seeking to maximize reputation and status in order to consolidate their position within the new elite. The fundamental ...
... citizens of Philadelphia, in whose principles and integrity they could have more confidence; but even in this they were disappointed, except in one member; the eighth member was added at a subsequent ses- sion of the assembly. The ...