The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
Contributors: Madison, James; Jay, John; Wootton, David
Publisher: Hackett Pub. Co.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781603840781
Subjects: Constitutional history; Sources; Constitutional law; Politics and government
Description: 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 ch.
Table of contents: title: Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction; Understanding the Constitution; Suggestions for Further Reading; Notes on the Authors and Texts; The Anti-Federalists; George Mason, Objections to the Constitution of Government Formed by the Convention, November 1787; Address of the Minority of the Pennsylvania Convention, December 18,1787; Speech of Patrick Henry before the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1788; Speeches of Melancton Smith before the New York Ratifying Convention, June 20, 21, 23, 1788; Letters of Cato (4 and 5), November 8 and 22, 1787.; title: Letters of Centinel (1), October 5, 1787Essays of Brutus (6, 11, 12, 15), December 27, 1787; The Constitution Defended; Speech of James Wilson before the Pennsylvania Convention, November 24, 1787; A Citizen of America [Noah Webster], An Examination into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, October 17, 1787; The Federalist; No. 1: Introduction, October 27, 1787 [Hamilton]; No. 2: Concerning the Dangers from Foreign Force and Influence, October 31, 1787 [Jay]; No. 6: Concerning the Dangers from War Between the States, November 14, 1787 [Hamilton].; title: No. 7: The Subject Continued and Particular Causes Enumerated, November 17, 1787 [Hamilton]No. 8: The Effects of Internal War in Producing Standing Armies and Other Institutions Unfriendly to Liberty, November 20, 1787 [Hamilton]; No. 9: The Utility of the Union as a Safegaurd against Domestic Faction and Insurrection, November 21, 1787 [Hamilton]; No. 10: The Same Subject Continued, November 22, 1787 [Madison]; No. 12: The Utility of the Union in Respect to Revenue, November 27, 1787 [Hamilton]; No. 14: An Objection Drawn from the Extent of Country Answered, November 30, 1787 [Madison].; title: No. 15: Concerning the Defects of the Present Confederation in Relation to the Principle of Legistlation for the States in Their Collective Capacities, December 1, 1787 [Hamilton]No. 16: The Same Subject Continued in Relation to the Same Principle, December 4, 1787 [Hamilton]; No. 23: The Necessity of a Government at Least Equally Energetic with the One Proposed, December 18, 1787 [Hamilton]; No. 24: The Subject Continued with an Answer to an Objection Concerning Standing Armies, December 19, 1787 [Hamilton]; No. 28: The Same Subject Concluded, December 26, 1787 [Hamilton].; title: No. 31: [Concerning Taxation]: The Same Subject Continued, January 2, 1788 [Hamilton]No. 33: The Same Subject Continued, January 2, 1788 [Hamilton]; No. 35: The Same Subject Continued, January 5, 1788 [Hamilton]; No. 37: Concerning the Difficulties Which the Convention Must Have Experienced in the Formation of a Proper Plan, January 11, 1788 [Madison]; No. 39: The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles: An Objection in Respect to the Powers of the Convention Examined, January 16, 1788 [Madison].; title: No. 47: The Meaning of the Maxim, Which Requires a Separation of the Departments of Power, Examined and Ascertained, January 30, 1788 [Madison].