James Madison and Constitutional Imperfection

James Madison and Constitutional Imperfection

Bailey, Jeremy D.

Cambridge University Press

09/2015

196

Dura

Inglês

9781107121607

15 a 20 dias

This book presents a provocative account of James Madison's political thought by focusing on Madison's treatment of the problem of constitutional imperfection. Its repositioning of Madison's political thought will be of interest to specialists in American political thought, historians of the early republic, as well as students of constitutional identity.
1. Madison and constitutional imperfection; 2. Appeals to tradition; 3. Appeals to elites; 4. Public opinion before parties; 5. The turn to public opinion; 6. Appeals to the people; 7. Appeals to text and history; 8. 'Take care of me when dead'.
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