The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States : A Collection of Essays
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780895263032 (0895263033)
Publish date: August 1st 1999
Publisher: Gateway Editions
Pages no: 666
Edition language: English
If your interested in this one, get this one when Audible has their two for one sale. It's definitely worth a half a credit for its line by line dissection of the American Constitution, good Age of Enlightenment arguments, and this makes for a much better listen than a read since there is a lot of ...
This subtitle to my edition is "The Famous Papers on the Principles of American Government." It's an apt description, but perhaps doesn't go far enough. Try foundational. They consist of 85 essays by Alexander Hamilton, who became our first Secretary of the Treasury, James Madison, who largely frame...
The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 essays written in 1787 and 1788 to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution. I found it to be the equivalent of reading a 600 paged legal brief written by an 18th century lawyer. Actually, that's exactly what it is. I found these lectures h...
I read parts of this for law school but it certainly deserves revisiting, especially as so much political conversation has turned to the Constitution and the intent of the Framers in recent months.
What a fantastic journey! I'm quite disappointed that I wasn't required to read any of these papers in high school, as well as not having the opportunity to read it any while in college. I definitely was able to see exactly what the founding fathers' intentions were in the development of our const...
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