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