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Print version: Hollis-Brusky, Amanda ; Ideas with consequences, Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Understanding Federalist Society Network Influence -- Part I: The State Exists to Preserve Freedom -- 2. The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms: Lost and Found -- 3. Judicial Activism, Inc.: The First Amendment, Campaign Finance, and Citizens United -- Part II: The Separation of Governmental Powers is Central to Our Constitution -- 4. Federalism and the Commerce Power: Returning to "First Principles" -- 5. State Sovereignty and the Tenth Amendment: The Anti-Commandeering Doctrine -- Part III: It is Emphatically the Province and Duty of the Judiciary Branch to Say What the Law Is, Not What It Should Be -- 6. Saying What the Law Is: The Federalist Society and the Conservative Counterrevolution -- Appendix A -- An Agenda for Future Research: Looking Back, Looking Forward -- Appendix B -- List of Interviews -- References -- Index

Publius, our contemporary : an introduction -- Part 1. Something must be done to save the Union. On the frequency of "reflection and choice" by "we the people" -- How much pluribus within a single unum? -- Federalism and foreign policy -- "Concerning dangers from foreign force" -- In union there is strength -- Humankind as "ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious" -- Endless sources of conflict (and war), even within the United States -- On the rise of a militarized state -- Part 2. Bigger is, in fact, better. The new (and improved) science of politics -- Can moral or religious education overcome natural tendencies toward faction? -- It's a harsh and competitive world out there -- Commerce and state finance -- Economies of scale -- Publius and permanent revolution (or, at least, improvement) -- Part 3. Why "confederation" is both "odious" and an "imbecility." "The imbecility of our government" -- Why confederation is "odious" and a national government is necessary -- The political sociology of federalism (part I) -- Ancient history as caution -- The defects of multiple sovereigns -- The Dutch provide the final cautionary example -- On the importance of sanctions -- Publius as majoritarian -- Part 4. The state and the machinery of death (or, at least, defense) : standing armies. "Common defence" and (un)limited government -- The inconvenience of militia service -- More on the merits of standing armies -- In whom do we place our "confidence"? -- Further reflections on confidence in the national government -- The necessity of force -- "Concerning the militia" -- Part 5. How does one pay for the services supplied by the Union? On taxes and the taxing power. First death, now taxes -- On the inutility of specified limits -- Taxation and constitutional interpretation -- The irrelevance of text -- Drafting a constitution with the long view in mind -- Who will allocate the tax burdens, and why should we trust them? -- State and national official as partners or adversaries -- Part 6. To err is human (and perfect clarity is chimerical). Human (and even divine) fallibility and written constitutions -- The best as the enemy of the good--and the necessary -- Federalism, "compact," and the specter of secession, Part 7. On the limits of the "rule of law." Exigency and fidelity to law -- Existential dangers and legal fidelity -- Part 8. National and state prerogatives (and maintenance of a federal political order). Who should control naturalization (and immigration)? -- Controlling internal insurrections -- Confidence, money, and debt -- Evaluating the constitutional order -- The political sociology of federalism (part II) -- Is "separation of powers" a helpful maxim? -- "Parchment barriers" -- Part 9. Veneration versus reflection. "Veneration" versus "reflection and choice" -- Maintaining constitutional fidelity -- Part 10. Institutional design : the legislature. Designing institutions for devils (who organize themselves into political parties) -- Suffrage and representation -- For how long should representatives serve? -- Who counts as worthy of representation, and for how much? -- Does size matter, and if not, what does? -- "Local knowledge" and representation -- Does "representation" mean "mirroring"? -- Does the "iron law of oligarchy" apply to the House of Representatives? -- Part 11. Who should be in charge of elections? The death of state autonomy? -- Manipulating elections -- What is a propitious time to choose representatives? -- Part 12. On the senate. On the "lesser evil" -- Let sleeping sovereigns lie? -- The Senate's superior wisdom on foreign affairs -- The Senate's confirmation and impeachment powers -- The past is a different country -- Part 13. On the executive. A monarchical president? -- Selecting the president -- Comparing the president with the/a king -- Unity in the executive -- How long should a president be able to serve? -- You can't get too much of a good president -- Why the presidential veto? -- The presidential prerogative to pardon -- The complicated process of making or refusing to make treaties -- The appointment power -- The constitutional bona fides of a unilateral authority to remove executive branch officials -- Part 14. The roles of the national judiciary. Is the judiciary "above politics"? -- Fixed salaries--but what about inflation? -- The importance of federal courts -- Discipling judges by threatening impeachment? -- A judiciary for the whole -- Trial by jury -- Part 15. Reprise : the importance of institutions and the necessity of a strong national government. The limited importance--if not outright dangers--of bills of rights -- "A nation [with] a national government."

Print version: Epstein, David F. ; Political theory of the Federalist, Frontmatter ; Contents ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; ONE. Government by Choice ; Two. The Necessity of Energy ; Three. A Study of Federalist 10 ; Four. Theoretical Uncertainty and Honorable Determination ; Five. Separation of Powers ; Six. Representation ; SEVEN. Good Government ; Conclusion: The Ambitious and the Partisans ; Notes ; Index

Print version: Federalist, Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Synopsis; Chronology; Biographical synopses; A note on sources and abbreviations; Bibliographical note; The Federalist; Letters of Brutus; Appendices; Index, Presents all eighty-five Federalist papers written by the pseudonymous Publius, along with the sixteen letters of Brutus, the still unknown New York Antifederalist

Print version: Federalist Papers and the new institutionalism, Madison's theory of representation / Bruce E. Cain and W.T. Jones -- Publius and public choice / Thomas Schwartz -- Electoral institutions in The Federalist Papers: a contemporary perspective / Henry W. Chappell, Jr. and William R. Keech -- Restraining the whims and passions of the public / Benjamin I. Page and Robert Y. Shapiro -- The constitution as an optimal social contract: a transaction cost analysis of The Federalist Papers / Donald Wittman -- Stability and efficiency in a separation-of-powers constitutional system / Gary J. Miller and Thomas H. Hammond -- Why a constitution? / Russell Hardin -- Are the two houses of Congress really coequal? / Steven J. Brams -- Assessing the power of the Supreme Court / John. R. Chamberlin -- Checks, balances, and bureaucratic usurpation of congressional power / Thomas Schwartz -- The distribution of power in the federal government: perspectives from The Federalist Papers-a critique / Mark P. Petracca -- Public choice analysis and the ratification of the Constitution / Robert A. McGuire and Robert. L. Ohsfeldt -- Constitutional conflict in state and nation / Cheryl L. Eavey and Gary J. Miller -- The strategy of ratification / Evelyn C. Fink and William H. Riker, Includes indexes, Electronic reproduction. S.l. : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010

Print version: Millican, Edward ; One united people, 1. Will the real pulius please stand up? -- 2. The political objectives of publius -- 3. The idea of the nation-state -- 4. Jay describes a nation -- 5. Hamilton aims to centralize -- 6. Madison argues for a national regime -- 7. Madison separates the powers -- 8. Hamilton provides leadership -- 9. Publius the nationalist -- 10. The significance of The Federalist, Electronic reproduction. Place of publication not identified : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010

Print version: Frank, Jason A. ; Publius and political imagination, List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Series Editors' Introduction; Introduction: The Imaginary Republic; Chapter One: Unauthorized Propositions; Chapter Two: Publius and Political Imagination; Chapter Three: Governing Interest; Chapter Four: Publius and Politeia; Chapter Five: From "We the People" to "We the Electorate"; Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author

Print version: Pfister, Jude M. ; Charting an American Republic, Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface ; Part I America: Getting Started; 1. 1781-Mutiny, Government, Yorktown and Paris ; 2. The First Continental Congress ; 3. The Articles of Confederation ; Part II. The Failure of the National Government ; 4. Annapolis and Alexandria ; 5. Shays' Rebellion, 6. The Constitutional Convention of 1787 ; Part III. Success ; 7. The Cast ; James Madison ; John Jay ; Alexander Hamilton ; 8. The Federalist Papers ; 9. The Foundation of The Federalist Papers and the Philosophy of the American Founding; Conclusion ; Appendix 1. Closing Communication of the Annapolis Convention, September 1786; Appendix 2. The Continentalist Number 1, July 1781 by Alexander Hamilton, Appendix 3. Putting Pen to Paper: How The Federalist Papers Physically Came to Be Written ; Chapter Notes ; Bibliography ; Index, 1781 : mutiny, government, Yorktown, and Paris -- The first continental congress -- The Articles of Confederation -- Annapolis and Alexandria -- Shays' rebellion -- The constitutional Convention of 1787 -- The cast -- The federalist papers -- The foundation of the federalist papers and the philosophy of the American founding