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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... declaring itself to be a community of equals. Its first adjective is “perfect,” announcing itself to be a community with boundless aspirations, a community to which all the people may contribute and in whose benefits all the people may ...
... Declaration of Independence had been approved on July 4, 1776, but the new state to which it gave rise came into existence only with the convening of the first Congress called under the new Constitution on March 4, 1789. x Introduction.
... declaration of rights; the separation of powers; a bicameral legislature; an independent judiciary; and a powerful executive directly elected by the people, with control over the armed forces, extensive powers of appointment, an ample ...
... declared that “no man's ideas were more remote from the plan than his own were known to be.” He had wanted an executive and Senate appointed for life, an executive with an absolute veto over all legislation, and an explicit ...
... Declaration of Rights in the Virginia Constitution of 1776 and was one of Virginia's delegates to the Constitutional Convention. He refused to sign the proposed constitution because it lacked a Bill of Rights, and he published a summary ...