The Federalist [[electronic resource] /] / edited, with introduction and notes, by Jacob E. Cooke

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463554503321
• Autore: Hamilton Alexander
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, 1982, c1961
• ISBN: 0-8195-7095-8; 0-674-33213-X
• Edizione: [Reprint 2014]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (701 p.)
• Collana: The John Harvard Library
• Altri autori (Persone): CookeJacob Ernest <1924-2011.>
• Disciplina: 342.73/024; 347.30224
• Soggetti: Constitutional law - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Reprint. Originally published: Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 1961.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE NATURAL ADVANTAGES OF UNION -- 3 UNION AS A REQUISITE FOR NATIONAL SAFETY -- 4 RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN POWERS -- 5 SEPARATE CONFEDERACIES AND FOREIGN POWERS -- 6 DISUNION AND DISSENSION AMONG THE STATES -- 7 CAUSES OF WARS AMONG THE STATES IF DISUNITED -- 8 CONSEQUENCES OF WARS BETWEEN STATES -- 9 UNION AS A BARRIER TO FACTION AND INSURRECTION -- 10 THE SIZE AND VARIETY OF THE UNION AS A CHECK ON FACTION -- 11 THE VALUE OF UNION TO COMMERCE AND THE ADVANTAGES OF A NAVY -- 12 UNION AND THE NATIONAL REVENUE -- 13 UNION AND ECONOMY IN GOVERNMENT -- 14 REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLICS AND DIRECT DEMOCRACIES -- 15 DEFECTS OF THE CONFEDERATION -- 16 INABILITY OF THE CONFEDERATION TO ENFORCE ITS LAWS -- 17 THE FUTURE BALANCE OF STATE AND NATIONAL POWERS -- 18 THE GREEK. CONFEDERACIES -- 19 MEDIEVAL AND MODERN CONFEDERACIES -- 20 THE NETHERLANDS CONFEDERACY -- 21 DEFECTS OF THE PRESENT CONFEDERATION -- 22 THE CONFEDERATION: LACK OF POWERS AND OF PROPER RATIFICATION -- 23 THE NECESSITY OF AN ENERGETIC AND ; ACTIVE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT -- 24 TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE -- 25 THE STATES AND THE COMMON DEFENSE -- 26 THE POWERS OF CONGRESS AND THE COMMON DEFENSE -- 27 THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND -- 28 A NATIONAL ARMY AND INTERNAL SECURITY -- 29 THE REGULATION OF THE MILITIA -- 30 A GENERAL POWER OF TAXATION -- 31 THE NECESSITY OF A NATIONAL POWER OF TAXATION -- 32 EXCLUSIVE AND CONCURRENT POWERS OF TAXATION -- 33 THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF NATIONAL TAX LAWS -- 34 CONCURRENT AUTHORITY IN TAXATION -- 35 FURTHER REASONS FOR AN INDEFINITE POWER OF TAXATION -- 36 INTERNAL TAXES: DIRECT AND INDIRECT -- 37 PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE FEDERAL CONVENTION -- 38 INCONSISTENCIES OF OPPONENTS OF RATIFICATION -- 39 REPUBLICANISM, NATIONALISM, FEDERALISM -- 40 THE AUTHORITY OF THE CONVENTION -- 41 POWERS DELEGATED TO THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT: I -- 42 POWERS DELEGATED TO THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT: II -- 43 POWERS DELEGATED TO THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT: III -- 44 RESTRICTIONS ON POWERS OF THE STATES -- 45 POWERS AND CONTINUING ADVANTAGES OF THE STATES -- 46 STATE AND FEDERAL POWERS COMPARED -- 47 THE SEPARATION OF POWERS: I -- 48 THE SEPARATION OF POWERS: II -- 49 APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE IN CASES OF DISAGREEMENT -- 50 PERIODICAL APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE -- 51 CHECKS AND BALANCES -- 52 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -- 53 ANNUAL AND BIENNIAL ELECTIONS -- 54 THE APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES AND OF TAXES -- 55 THE HOUSE AND KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL CIRCUMSTANCES -- 56 ADEQUACY OF REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE -- 57 THE POPULAR BASIS OF THE HOUSE -- 58 THE FUTURE SIZE OF THE HOUSE -- 59 NATIONAL REGULATION OF CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS -- 60 SAFETY IN NATIONAL CONTROL OF ELECTIONS -- 61 UNIFORMITY IN THE NATIONAL CONTROL OF ELECTIONS TO THE HOUSE -- 62 THE NATURE AND THE STABILIZING INFLUENCE OF THE SENATE -- 63 THE NECESSITY OF A SENATE -- 64 THE SENATE AND THE TREATY POWER -- 65 THE SENATE: APPOINTMENTS AND IMPEACHMENTS -- 66 THE SENATE: FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE IMPEACHMENT POWER -- 67 THE EXECUTIVE -- 68 THE METHOD OF ELECTING THE PRESIDENT -- 69 COMPARISON OF THE PRESIDENT WITH OTHER EXECUTIVES -- 70 ADVANTAGES OF A SINGLE EXECUTIVE -- 71 THE PRESIDENTIAL TERM OF OFFICE -- 72 RE-ELIGIBILITY OF THE PRESIDENT -- 73 THE PRESIDENTIAL SALARY AND VETO -- 74 THE MILITARY AND PARDONING POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT -- 75 THE PRESIDENT AND THE TREATY POWER -- 76 THE PRESIDENT AND THE APPOINTING POWER -- 77 THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT CONCLUDED -- 78 THE JUDGES AS GUARDIANS OF THE CONSTITUTION -- 79 THE POSITION OF THE JUDICIARY -- 80 JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL COURTS -- 81 DISTRIBUTION OF THE JUDICIAL POWER -- 82 THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL COURTS -- 83 TRIAL BY JURY -- 84 THE LACK OF A BILL OF RIGHTS -- 85 CONCLUSION -- INDEX -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: Written in 1787 and 1788 by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay as a series of newspaper articles to refute criticism of the proposed constitution.