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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... House of Representatives, with a View to the Qualifications of the Electors and 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 ...
... House of Representatives there is not the Substance, but the Shadow only of Representation; which can never produce proper Information in the Legislature, or inspire Confidence in the People: the Laws will therefore be generally made by ...
... House of Representatives, with the same Duration and Rotation of Office as the Senate, the Executive would always have had safe and proper Information and Advice, the President of such a Council might have acted as Vice President of the ...
... Congress. 10. That the house of representatives be properly increased in Address of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention 9.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay David Wootton. 10. That the house of representatives be properly ... Congress; and that elections of representatives be annual. 11. That the power of organizing, arming, and disciplining the ...