The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist PapersHackett Publishing, 2003 M09 15 - 392 páginas 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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... Convention (November 1787) 1 Address of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention (December 18, 1787) 3 Speech of Patrick Henry before the Virginia Ratifying Convention (June 5, 1788) 25 Speeches of Melancton Smith before the New York ...
... Convention Must Have Experienced in the Formation of a Proper Plan (January 11, 1788) [Madison] 147 152 158 162 167 No. 12: 174 179 183 No. 16: 190 195 199 203 207 211 214 219 No. 39: No. 47: No. 48: No. 49: No. 51: vi Contents.
... 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 View to the ...
... Convention opened, and September 17 of that same year, when it completed its work. And we need to follow the debate on the merits and demerits of the Constitution that broke out immediately after its text was made public, a debate that ...
... 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 government could be limited by being separated into distinct ...