The Federalist / / Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison; ed. by Benjamin Fletcher Wright.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Hamilton, Alexander,; Jay, John,; Madison, James,
• HerausgeberIn: Wright, Benjamin Fletcher,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1961
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: The John Harvard Library ; 79
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (572 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674332133; 9783110353464; 9783110353488; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674332133
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison; ed. by Benjamin Fletcher Wright.