Liberty's blueprint :
Meyerson, Michael.
Liberty's blueprint : how Madison and Hamilton wrote the Federalist papers, defined the constitution, and made democracy safe for the world / Michael I. Meyerson. - New York : Basic Books, c2008. - xiv, 309 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.
"Testifying the esteem & regard" : an unlikely friendship -- "To cement the union" : sounding the call for a convention -- "Better than nothing" : the drafting of the constitution -- "Establishing good government from reflection and choice" : producing the Federalist -- "The head of a faction decidedly hostile to me" : the disintegration of a relationship -- "The most valuable disquisitions of government" : why and how to read the Federalist -- "The diseases most incident to Republican government" : appreciating Federalist 10 -- "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition": lessons on the separation of powers -- "A double security": lessons on federalism -- "The greatest of all reflections on human nature": lasting lessons.
9780465002641 (hc) 9780465018239 0465002641 (hc)
2007035376
Constitutional history--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
KF4520 / .M49 2008
342.73029 MEY
Liberty's blueprint : how Madison and Hamilton wrote the Federalist papers, defined the constitution, and made democracy safe for the world / Michael I. Meyerson. - New York : Basic Books, c2008. - xiv, 309 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.
"Testifying the esteem & regard" : an unlikely friendship -- "To cement the union" : sounding the call for a convention -- "Better than nothing" : the drafting of the constitution -- "Establishing good government from reflection and choice" : producing the Federalist -- "The head of a faction decidedly hostile to me" : the disintegration of a relationship -- "The most valuable disquisitions of government" : why and how to read the Federalist -- "The diseases most incident to Republican government" : appreciating Federalist 10 -- "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition": lessons on the separation of powers -- "A double security": lessons on federalism -- "The greatest of all reflections on human nature": lasting lessons.
9780465002641 (hc) 9780465018239 0465002641 (hc)
2007035376
Constitutional history--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
KF4520 / .M49 2008
342.73029 MEY
