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The Federalist
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
Year: 1961.
Publisher:  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 
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Frontmatter
Introduction by Benjamin Fletcher Wright
The First National Referendum
The Authorship of The Federalist
The Aims of a More Perfect Union
Human Nature, Motives, and Factions
The New Federalism
Direct and Representative Democracy
The Structure of a Free Government
Fundamental Law and the Judicial Guardians
The Rational Appeal to Self-Interest
THE FEDERALIST
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 Conspiracies
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
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Title: The Federalist : by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay ; edited by Benjamin Fletcher Wright.
Author: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
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Source Version: The Federalist : by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay ; edited by Benjamin Fletcher Wright. 
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1961.
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