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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... interest group, of putting factional interest ahead of the public interest. It is quite astonishing to discover how few and far between defenses of ... interests was an essential mark of political vitality. However, he xviii Introduction.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay David Wootton. interests was an essential mark of political vitality. However, he had time only for the clash of distinct social groups, patricians and plebeians, rich and poor; he had nothing ...
... interest, ambition itself” were powerful motives that could induce representatives to concern themselves with the welfare of their electors. These were, however, motives that would best operate on those who saw themselves as separate ...
... interests of the elite would be different from those of the population at large. In Federalist 35 Hamilton directly rejects the central anti-Federalist argument that a true representation is not one that selects the wisest and most ...
... interests. As a consequence, ambition and corruption will flourish. Madison, on the other hand, argued that, because there will be a greater diversity of interests, it will be difficult for a single interest group to capture a majority ...