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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... Powers of the Convention Examined (January 16, 1788) [Madison] The Meaning of the Maxim, Which Requires a Separation of the Departments of Power, Examined and Ascertained (January 30, 1788) [Madison] The Same Subject Continued with a ...
... powers could one both discuss how people might rule themselves, and ask how the power of government could be limited by being separated into distinct, independent powers. The culture of both the Middle Ages and the Renaissance was ...
... powers of the royal governor to representative assemblies whose power was virtually unlimited. Within a few years ... separation of powers; a bicameral legislature; an independent judiciary; and a powerful executive directly elected by ...
... powers in the hands of the legislature advocated by French philosophes such as Turgot and Americans such as Thomas ... separation of powers into legislative, executive, and judiciary. Representation and Party Politics In Federalist 9 ...
... Separation of Powers One book dominated constitutional theorizing in the years before 1787 and the debate over the ... separation of powers. Although the vocabulary required to think about the three powers and early Understanding the ...