The Papers of James Madison project, housed at the University of Virginia, was established in 1956 to publish annotated volumes of the correspondence and writings of James Madison, the Virginia statesman most often remembered for his public service as...
A masterpiece of Constitutional thought, The Federalist Papers were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to create support for ratifying the U.S. Constitution and to explain the intentions of its authors. Originally titled The New...
The MADISON PAPERSJames Madison appreciated the significance of the Federal Convention and took great care to compile an accurate report of its proceedings, which were held behind closed doors. His journal, which covers the period from May 14 to September...
The series of essays that comprise The Federalist constitutes one of the key texts of the American Revolution and the democratic system created in the wake of independence. Written in 1787 and 1788 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to...
Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated, and open to often controversial...
The writings collected here reflect the Madison who emerges from the best scholarship of the last thirty years--scholarship to which Ralph Ketcham, as editor of The Papers of James Madison and in many other ways, has made stunning contributions. Ketc
Aprobada por la Convención Federal reunida en Filadelfia hace más de doscientos años, la Constitución de los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica es uno de los escasos documentos que, además de tener un valor intr&iacut...