Selected Federalist Papers

• Author(s): Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay,
• Publisher: Courier Corporation
• Pages: 208
• ISBN_10: 0486415988
  ISBN_13: 9780486415987
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Constitutions , History / Modern / 18th Century , Law / Constitutional , Literary Collections / Essays ,

Description:... Brilliant essays comprising a masterful exposition and defense of the proposed federal system of government and of the Constitution's carefully architected system of checks and balances. This volume contains 35 of the most famous and important pieces, concerning impeachment, dangers from foreign arms and influence, the need for a power of taxation, freedom of the press and the inadvisability of a bill of rights, the three-fifths rule for counting slaves, and much else.