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The Federalist

Alexander Hamilton
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  • Contents

  • Reviews

  • Frontmatter
  • Introduction by Benjamin Fletcher Wright
    • The First National Referendum (page 1)
    • The Authorship of The Federalist (page 7)
    • The Aims of a More Perfect Union (page 11)
    • Human Nature, Motives, and Factions (page 26)
    • The New Federalism (page 41)
    • Direct and Representative Democracy (page 49)
    • The Structure of a Free Government (page 59)
    • Fundamental Law and the Judicial Guardians (page 67)
    • The Rational Appeal to Self-Interest (page 77)
  • THE FEDERALIST
    • 1. Introduction (page 89)
    • 2. The Natural Advantages of Union (page 93)
    • 3. Union as a Requisite for National Safety (page 97)
    • 4. Relations with Foreign Powers (page 100)
    • 5. Separate Confederacies and Foreign Powers (page 105)
    • 6. Disunion and Dissension Among the States (page 108)
    • 7. Causes of Wars Among the States if Disunited (page 113)
    • 8. Consequences of Wars Between States (page 119)
    • 9. Union as a Barrier to Faction and Insurrection (page 124)
    • 10. The Size and Variety of the Union as a Check on Faction (page 129)
    • 11. The Value of Union to Commerce and the Advantages of a Navy (page 136)
    • 12. Union and the National Revenue (page 142)
    • 13. Union and Economy in Government (page 147)
    • 14. Representative Republics and Direct Democracies (page 150)
    • 15. Defects of the Confederation (page 155)
    • 16. Inability of the Confederation to Enforce Its Laws (page 162)
    • 17. The Future Balance of State and National Powers (page 167)
    • 18. The Greek Confederacies (page 171)
    • 19. Medieval and Modern Conspiracies (page 176)
    • 20. The Netherlands Confederacy (page 182)
    • 21. Defects of the Present Confederation (page 186)
    • 22. The Confederation: Lack of Powers and of Proper Ratification (page 191)
    • 23. The Necessity of an Energetic and Active National Government (page 199)
    • 24. To Provide for the Common Defense (page 203)
    • 25. The States and the Common Defense (page 208)
    • 26. The Powers of Congress and the Common Defense (page 213)
    • 27. The Enforcement of the Supreme Law of the Land (page 219)
    • 28. A National Army and Internal Security (page 222)
    • 29. The Regulation of the Militia (page 226)
    • 30. A General Power of Taxation (page 231)
    • 31. The Necessity of a National Power of Taxation (page 236)
    • 32. Exclusive and Concurrent Powers of Taxation (page 240)
    • 33. The Constitutionality of National Tax Laws (page 244)
    • 34. Concurrent Authority in Taxation (page 248)
    • 35. Further Reasons for an Indefinite Power of Taxation (page 253)
    • 36. Internal Taxes: Direct and Indirect (page 259)
    • 37. Problems Confronting the Federal Convention (page 265)
    • 38. Inconsistencies of Opponents of Ratification (page 272)
    • 39. Republicanism, Nationalism, Federalism (page 280)
    • 40. The Authority of the Convention (page 286)
    • 41. Powers Delegated to the General Government: I (page 293)
    • 42. Powers Delegated to the General Government: II (page 302)
    • 43. Powers Delegated to the General Government: III (page 309)
    • 44. Restrictions on Powers of the States (page 317)
    • 45. Powers and Continuing Advantages of the States (page 324)
    • 46. State and Federal Powers Compared (page 329)
    • 47. The Separation of Powers: I (page 336)
    • 48. The Separation of Powers: II (page 343)
    • 49. Appeal to the People in Cases of Disagreement (page 347)
    • 50. Periodical Appeals to the People (page 352)
    • 51. Checks and Balances (page 355)
    • 52. The House of Representatives (page 359)
    • 53. Annual and Biennial Elections (page 364)
    • 54. The Apportionment of Representatives and of Taxes (page 369)
    • 55. The House and Knowledge of Local Circumstances (page 374)
    • 56. Adequacy of Representation in the House (page 379)
    • 57. The Popular Basis of the House (page 383)
    • 58. The Future Size of the House (page 388)
    • 59. National Regulation of Congressional Elections (page 393)
    • 60. Safety in National Control of Elections (page 398)
    • 61. Uniformity in the National Control of Elections to the House (page 403)
    • 62. The Nature and the Stabilizing Influence of the Senate (page 407)
    • 63. The Necessity of a Senate (page 413)
    • 64. The Senate and the Treaty Power (page 420)
    • 65. The Senate: Appointments and Impeachments (page 426)
    • 66. The Senate: Further Consideration of the Impeachment Power (page 431)
    • 67. The Executive (page 436)
    • 68. The Method of Electing the President (page 440)
    • 69. Comparison of the President with Other Executives (page 444)
    • 70. Advantages of a Single Executive (page 451)
    • 71. The Presidential Term of Office (page 458)
    • 72. Re-eligibility of the President (page 462)
    • 73. The Presidential Salary and Veto (page 467)
    • 74. The Military and Pardoning Powers of the President (page 473)
    • 75. The President and the Treaty Power (page 475)
    • 76. The President and the Appointing Power (page 480)
    • 77. The Powers of the President Concluded (page 484)
    • 78. The Judges as Guardians of the Constitution (page 489)
    • 79. The Position of the Judiciary (page 497)
    • 80. Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts (page 499)
    • 81. Distribution of the Judicial Power (page 505)
    • 82. The State and the Federal Courts (page 514)
    • 83. Trial by Jury (page 518)
    • 84. The Lack of a Bill of Rights (page 531)
    • 85. Conclusion (page 541)
  • Index (page 549)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
WMQ 3.2 (April 1946): 311-313 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-5597%28194604%293%3A3%3A2%3C311%3ATFOTNC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9
AHR 54.1 (Oct. 1948): 151-152 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28194810%2954%3A1%3C151%3ATFOTNC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4
AHR 5.1 (Oct. 1898): 172-176 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28189810%294%3A1%3C172%3ATFACOT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C
Citable Link
Published: 1961
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN(s)
  • 9780674035737 (paper)
  • 9780674298002 (hardcover)
  • 9780674332133 (ebook)
Series
  • The John Harvard Library
Subject
  • American: Colonial to 1789
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