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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Pàgina viii
... appear in newspaper columns in New York and across the United States. More than any other speech or writing in defense of the new plan of government, The Federalist showed that the Constitution contained an inherent constitutionalism ...
... appear in newspaper columns in New York and across the United States. More than any other speech or writing in defense of the new plan of government, The Federalist showed that the Constitution contained an inherent constitutionalism ...
Pàgina xi
... appear in two or three of the city's five newspapers. Small wonder that frustrated readers sometimes complained (stop ''cramming us with the voluminous Publius,'' groaned ''twenty-seven subscribers'' to the New York Journal). Not ...
... appear in two or three of the city's five newspapers. Small wonder that frustrated readers sometimes complained (stop ''cramming us with the voluminous Publius,'' groaned ''twenty-seven subscribers'' to the New York Journal). Not ...
Pàgina xviii
... appear more or less confined to the objects of the Union, which he defines as ''the common defense of the members,'' ''the preservation of the public peace,'' ''the regulation of commerce with other nations and between the States,'' and ...
... appear more or less confined to the objects of the Union, which he defines as ''the common defense of the members,'' ''the preservation of the public peace,'' ''the regulation of commerce with other nations and between the States,'' and ...
Pàgina xix
... appears now as an intermediate goal, somewhere between securing the mere ''safety'' and the ''happiness'' of society. The change in tone is heralded in the concluding paragraph of the first volume: ''a further and more critical ...
... appears now as an intermediate goal, somewhere between securing the mere ''safety'' and the ''happiness'' of society. The change in tone is heralded in the concluding paragraph of the first volume: ''a further and more critical ...
Pàgina 32
... appear who insist that this opinion is erroneous, and that instead of looking for safety and happiness in union, we ought to seek it in a division of the States into distinct confederacies or sovereignties. However extraordinary this ...
... appear who insist that this opinion is erroneous, and that instead of looking for safety and happiness in union, we ought to seek it in a division of the States into distinct confederacies or sovereignties. However extraordinary this ...
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