The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
by David Wootton
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Author: David WoottonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09
ISBN: 0872206556
Number of pages: 343
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
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Book Review: Necessary reading!
Summary: 5 Stars
All Americans need to read this. Here lies the foundation. Our Founding Fathers had it right (and what beautiful English!)
Summary of The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
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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