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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... Elected, and the Time of Service of the Members (February 8, 1788) [Madison] The Same Subject Continued in Relation to the Total Number of the Body (February 13, 1788) [Madison] The Same Subject Continued in Relation to the Supposed ...
... elected directly by the people, in 1779. John Adams wrote the bulk of the resulting constitutional proposal, which provided for a declaration of rights; the separation of powers; a bicameral legislature; an independent judiciary; and a ...
... elected council to advise the chief executive, and its failure to include a bill of rights. The enterprise of writing and rewriting constitutions necessarily encouraged a comparative study of constitutions. Adams assembled much of the ...
... elected by acclamation. Contested elections developed along with party conflict, and during the period of “the rage of party,” 1688 to 1715, English politics was conducted on the basis of vigorous electioneering. For fifty years after ...
... elected state conventions and was to come into effect so long as nine states adopted it. The publication of the proposed constitution led immediately to a struggle for ratification. Although it was presented as having the unanimous ...