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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... Confederation in Relation to the Principle of Legislation for the States in Their Collective Capacities (December 1, 1787) [Hamilton] The Same Subject Continued in Relation to the Same Principle (December 4, 1787) [Hamilton] The ...
... Confederation (July 9, 1778) The Virginia Plan (May 29, 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 ...
... Confederation had no need to mention slavery because they applied to the affairs of the thirteen states, not the lives of individuals. The Constitution could not avoid referring to slavery, but slavery was already a peculiar institution ...
... 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 constitutional idea, a featureless cipher through whom the Constitution speaks—the ...
... Confederation Congress, but had created a new constitution establishing a unified national government (although one in which the states were guaranteed a continuing, if limited, role). This constitution was to be approved by specially ...