The Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay's Essays on the United States Constitution, Aka the New Constitution - Softcover

Hamilton, Alexander; Madison, James; Jay, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 161589019X ISBN 13: 9781615890194

Publisher: Megalodon Entertainment LLC., 2010

Synopsis

A masterpiece of Constitutional thought, The Federalist Papers were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to create support for ratifying the U.S. Constitution and to explain the intentions of its authors. Originally titled The New Constitution or The Federalist, The Federalist Papers are an amazing direct source to the intentions of the Founding Fathers and what they were trying to accomplish with the Constitution. Still frequently referenced today by lawmakers and judges, this text was indeed intended to be a guide for future generations on interpreting the meaning of the Constitution. This edition includes all 85 articles, most of which were originally published in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between 1787 and 1788. Peer into the minds of the writers of the Constitution and truly understand the meaning of this monumental document.

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Review

"This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence, that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren ... should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties." So wrote John Jay, one of the revolutionary authors of The Federalist Papers, arguing that if the United States was truly to be a single nation, its leaders would have to agree on universally binding rules of governance--in short, a constitution. In a brilliant set of essays, Jay and his colleagues Alexander Hamilton and James Madison explored in minute detail the implications of establishing a kind of rule that would engage as many citizens as possible and that would include a system of checks and balances. Their arguments proved successful in the end, and The Federalist Papers stand as key documents in the founding of the United States.

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Review The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist; or, The New Constitution, was published in two volumes in 1788 by J. and A. McLean. The series' correct title is The Federalist; the title The Federalist Papers did not emerge until the twentieth century. The Federalist remains a primary source for interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. According to historian Richard B. Morris, they are an "incomparable exposition of the Constitution, a classic in political science unsurpassed in both breadth and depth by the product of any later American writer." At the time of publication, the authorship of the articles was a closely-guarded secret, though astute observers guessed that Hamilton, Madison, and Jay were the likely authors. Following Hamilton's death in 1804, a list that he drew up became public; it claimed fully two-thirds of the essays for Hamilton, including some that seemed more likely the work of Madison (Nos. 49-58, 62, and 63). The scholarly detective work of Douglass Adair in 1944 postulated the following assignments of authorship, confirmed in 1964 by a computer analysis of the text: - Alexander Hamilton (51 articles: nos. 1, 6-9, 11-13, 15-17, 21-36, 59-61, and 65-85) - James Madison (29 articles: nos. 10, 14, 37-58 and 62-63) - John Jay (5 articles: 2-5 and 64). - Nos. 18-20 were the result of a collaboration between Madison and Hamilton.

Edition details

• Publisher: Megalodon Entertainment LLC.
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161589019X
• ISBN 13: 9781615890194
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 358