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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... Power, Examined and Ascertained (January 30, 1788) [Madison] The Same Subject Continued with a View to the Means of ... Judicial Department in Relation to the Tenure of Good Behavior (May 28, 1788) [Hamilton] 225 231 237 241 245 250 254 258 ...
... judiciary” seems to have been used first in the Constitutional Convention.1 Only with this new terminology of legislative, executive, and judicial powers could one both discuss how people might rule themselves, and ask how the power of ...
... power into distinct departments—the introduction of legislative balances and checks—the institution of courts composed of judges, holding their offices during good behavior—the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies ...
... judicial impartiality. An independent judiciary—defined in the eighteenth century as a judiciary who served during ... power should be allowed to gain control over any of the others. They went on to argue that interaction between the ...
... power, jurisdiction, and right which is not by this constitution expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled. 12. That the legislative, executive, and judicial powers be kept separate; and to this end that a ...