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 ix
... sense of the Constitution's inadequacies, but to review in a new light the Constitution as a whole and to construct the strongest possible argument on its behalf, stretching ''the chance of good to be expected from the plan ...
... sense of the Constitution's inadequacies, but to review in a new light the Constitution as a whole and to construct the strongest possible argument on its behalf, stretching ''the chance of good to be expected from the plan ...
Pàgina xiii
... sense in which Publius is the author of The Federalist, because each writer strove to write as ''Publius,'' to write to the collective mark being set in the accumulating papers of The Federalist. After all, Hamilton, Madison, and Jay ...
... sense in which Publius is the author of The Federalist, because each writer strove to write as ''Publius,'' to write to the collective mark being set in the accumulating papers of The Federalist. After all, Hamilton, Madison, and Jay ...
Pàgina xviii
... sense of being the earliest or most urgent object of government, then, but what is first in time need not remain ... sense of national character,'' the cultivation of ''the deliberate sense of the community,'' and even ''extensive and ...
... sense of being the earliest or most urgent object of government, then, but what is first in time need not remain ... sense of national character,'' the cultivation of ''the deliberate sense of the community,'' and even ''extensive and ...
Pàgina xix
... sense) but to preserve the Union by adopting the Constitution, in the second he attempts to persuade them not only of the ''expediency'' but of the ''propriety'' of ratifying it. The first volume ends by looking forward to the ''further ...
... sense) but to preserve the Union by adopting the Constitution, in the second he attempts to persuade them not only of the ''expediency'' but of the ''propriety'' of ratifying it. The first volume ends by looking forward to the ''further ...
Pàgina xxii
... sense, it must go beyond mere responsiveness and be able to serve the people's true interests or their reasonable will, even if this course of conduct is not immediately popular. The tension between these two senses of ''responsibility ...
... sense, it must go beyond mere responsiveness and be able to serve the people's true interests or their reasonable will, even if this course of conduct is not immediately popular. The tension between these two senses of ''responsibility ...
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