The Federalist PapersPenguin, 1 d’abr. 2003 - 688 pàgines A DOCUMENT THAT SHAPED A NATION An authoritative analysis of the Constitution of the United States and an enduring classic of political philosophy. Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, The Federalist Papers explain the complexities of a constitutional government—its political structure and principles based on the inherent rights of man. Scholars have long regarded this work as a milestone in political science and a classic of American political theory. Based on the original McLean edition of 1788 and edited by noted historian Clinton Rossiter, this special edition includes: ● Textual notes and a select bibliography by Charles R. Kesler ● Table of contents with a brief précis of each essay ● Appendix with a copy of the Constitution cross-referenced to The Federalist Papers ● Index of Ideas that lists the major political concepts discussed ● Copies of The Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation |
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... Constitution of 1787 foresaw that a clear-cut vote against it in the state ratifying conventions would destroy the United States' most important experiment in popular government. A particular point of concern was the growing state of ...
... Constitution of 1787 foresaw that a clear-cut vote against it in the state ratifying conventions would destroy the United States' most important experiment in popular government. A particular point of concern was the growing state of ...
Pàgina vii
... Constitution, one wrote, was the ''most daring attempt to establish a despotic aristocracy among freemen, that the world has ever witnessed.''1 (For all notes in the Introduction, see Endnotes [pp. xxxiii–xxxv].) The Constitution's ...
... Constitution, one wrote, was the ''most daring attempt to establish a despotic aristocracy among freemen, that the world has ever witnessed.''1 (For all notes in the Introduction, see Endnotes [pp. xxxiii–xxxv].) The Constitution's ...
Pàgina viii
... Constitution was both coherent and republican. Suppressing their private doubts and disappointments, Hamilton and Madison, joined by John Jay, undertook the series of essays in order to expound the merits of the new Constitution and to ...
... Constitution was both coherent and republican. Suppressing their private doubts and disappointments, Hamilton and Madison, joined by John Jay, undertook the series of essays in order to expound the merits of the new Constitution and to ...
Pàgina ix
... Constitution when they wrote it, but also to how the people of the United States had understood the Constitution when they ratified it. Thomas Jefferson described The Federalist in 1788 as ''the best commentary on the principles of ...
... Constitution when they wrote it, but also to how the people of the United States had understood the Constitution when they ratified it. Thomas Jefferson described The Federalist in 1788 as ''the best commentary on the principles of ...
Pàgina x
... Constitution's opponents—now the defenders of the Articles of Confederation against the much stronger central government proffered in the Constitution—thought themselves entitled to be called ''federalists.'' After all, they were ...
... Constitution's opponents—now the defenders of the Articles of Confederation against the much stronger central government proffered in the Constitution—thought themselves entitled to be called ''federalists.'' After all, they were ...
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