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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... (October 17, 1787) 110 The Federalist 140 No. 1: Introduction (October 27, 1787) [Hamilton] 140 No. 2: Concerning the Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence (October 31, 1787) [Jay] 143 v No. 6: No. 7: No. 8: No. 9: No. 10: Contents.
... Dangers from War between the States (November 14, 1787) [Hamilton] The Subject Continued and Particular Causes Enumerated (November 17, 1787) [Hamilton] The Effects of Internal War in Producing Standing Armies and Other Institutions ...
... danger at a distance; and . . . can at once adopt a regular plan of opposition.” Indeed, the states will have considerable advantages over a political party in fulfilling this function, for they will possess “all the organs of civil ...
... danger of attack. Ambition must be made to counteract ambition,” it is arguing that there must be scope for such feedback mechanisms throughout the political system. The new science did not devise a new language to describe the feedback ...
... danger of overpowerful legislatures in the years following the Revolution; but it was de Lolme who had first formulated a constitutional solution to the problem. The Constitutional Convention and Ratification I have tried to show that ...