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James Madison Reading List
This List Is By:
Susan Hodges
Bill of Rights Institute
Programs Coodinator
While more well-known figures of the American Founding such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson continue to capture the public’s attention, it was James Madison who did much of the intellectual heavy lifting during both the crafting of the American Constitution and early formation of the American party system.
No. 10: The same Subject continued - George W. Carey, The Federalist (Gideon ed.) [1818]
George W. Carey, The Federalist (The Gideon Edition), Edited with an Introduction, Reader’s Guide, Constitutional Cross-reference, Index, and Glossary by George W. Carey and James McClellan (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001). Chapter: No. 10: The same Subject continued
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No. 14: An Objection drawn from the Extent of Country, Answered - George W. Carey, The Federalist (Gideon ed.) [1818]
George W. Carey, The Federalist (The Gideon Edition), Edited with an Introduction, Reader’s Guide, Constitutional Cross-reference, Index, and Glossary by George W. Carey and James McClellan (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001). Chapter: No. 14: An Objection drawn from the Extent of Country, Answered
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No. 37: Concerning the difficulties which the convention must have experienced in the formation of a proper plan - George W. Carey, The Federalist (Gideon ed.) [1818]
George W. Carey, The Federalist (The Gideon Edition), Edited with an Introduction, Reader’s Guide, Constitutional Cross-reference, Index, and Glossary by George W. Carey and James McClellan (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001). Chapter: No. 37: Concerning the difficulties which the convention must have experienced in the formation of a proper plan
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No. 38: The subject continued, and the incoherence of the objections to the plan, exposed - George W. Carey, The Federalist (Gideon ed.) [1818]
George W. Carey, The Federalist (The Gideon Edition), Edited with an Introduction, Reader’s Guide, Constitutional Cross-reference, Index, and Glossary by George W. Carey and James McClellan (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001). Chapter: No. 38: The subject continued, and the incoherence of the objections to the plan, exposed
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No. 39: The conformity of the plan to republican principles: an objection in respect to the powers of the convention, examined - George W. Carey, The Federalist (Gideon ed.) [1818]
George W. Carey, The Federalist (The Gideon Edition), Edited with an Introduction, Reader’s Guide, Constitutional Cross-reference, Index, and Glossary by George W. Carey and James McClellan (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001). Chapter: No. 39: The conformity of the plan to republican principles: an objection in respect to the powers of the convention, examined
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No. 40: The same objection further examined - George W. Carey, The Federalist (Gideon ed.) [1818]
George W. Carey, The Federalist (The Gideon Edition), Edited with an Introduction, Reader’s Guide, Constitutional Cross-reference, Index, and Glossary by George W. Carey and James McClellan (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001). Chapter: No. 40: The same objection further examined
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CHAP. XVI.: Distinctive Properties of a Republic. - Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, Complete Works, vol. 1 The Spirit of Laws [1748]
Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (London: T. Evans, 1777), 4 vols. Vol. 1. Chapter: CHAP. XVI.: Distinctive Properties of a Republic.
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CHAP. XVII.: Distinctive Properties of a Monarchy. - Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, Complete Works, vol. 1 The Spirit of Laws [1748]
Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (London: T. Evans, 1777), 4 vols. Vol. 1. Chapter: CHAP. XVII.: Distinctive Properties of a Monarchy.
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CHAP. XVIII.: Particular Case of the Spanish Monarchy. - Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, Complete Works, vol. 1 The Spirit of Laws [1748]
Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (London: T. Evans, 1777), 4 vols. Vol. 1. Chapter: CHAP. XVIII.: Particular Case of the Spanish Monarchy.
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CHAP. XIX.: Distinctive Properties of a despotic Government. - Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, Complete Works, vol. 1 The Spirit of Laws [1748]
Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (London: T. Evans, 1777), 4 vols. Vol. 1. Chapter: CHAP. XIX.: Distinctive Properties of a despotic Government.
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CHAP. XX.: Consequence of the preceding Chapters. - Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, Complete Works, vol. 1 The Spirit of Laws [1748]
Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, The Complete Works of M. de Montesquieu (London: T. Evans, 1777), 4 vols. Vol. 1. Chapter: CHAP. XX.: Consequence of the preceding Chapters.
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TO THOMAS JEFFERSON. 1 - James Madison, The Writings, vol. 2 (1783-1787) [1901]
James Madison, The Writings of James Madison, comprising his Public Papers and his Private Correspondence, including his numerous letters and documents now for the first time printed, ed. Gaillard Hunt (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1900). Vol. 2. Chapter: TO THOMAS JEFFERSON. 1
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No. 47: The meaning of the maxim, which requires a separation of the departments of power, examined and ascertained - George W. Carey, The Federalist (Gideon ed.) [1818]
George W. Carey, The Federalist (The Gideon Edition), Edited with an Introduction, Reader’s Guide, Constitutional Cross-reference, Index, and Glossary by George W. Carey and James McClellan (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001). Chapter: No. 47: The meaning of the maxim, which requires a separation of the departments of power, examined and ascertained
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No. 51: The same subject continued, with the same view, and concluded - George W. Carey, The Federalist (Gideon ed.) [1818]
George W. Carey, The Federalist (The Gideon Edition), Edited with an Introduction, Reader’s Guide, Constitutional Cross-reference, Index, and Glossary by George W. Carey and James McClellan (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001). Chapter: No. 51: The same subject continued, with the same view, and concluded
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