The Cambridge Companion to The Federalist

A multifaceted approach to The Federalist that covers both its historical value and its continuing political relevance.

Jack N. Rakove (Edited by), Colleen A. Sheehan (Edited by)

9781316501849, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 March 2020

602 pages
22.8 x 15 x 3 cm, 0.9 kg

'The Cambridge Companion to the Federalist shows both the strengths and weaknesses of keeping the focus exclusively on the men in the room and those they read. It does an excellent job of introducing to a wider audience a great shift in thinking about the Constitution and the Federalists …' Andrew Shankman, Project Muse

The eighty-five Federalist essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison as 'Publius' to support the ratification of the Constitution in 1787–88 are regarded as the preeminent American contribution to Western political theory. Recently, there have been major developments in scholarship on the Revolutionary and Founding era as well as increased public interest in constitutional matters that make this a propitious moment to reflect on the contributions and complexity of The Federalist. This volume of specially commissioned essays covers the broad scope of 'Publius' work, including historical, political, philosophical, juridical, and moral dimensions. In so doing, they bring the design and arguments of the text into focus for twenty-first century scholars, students, and citizens and show how these diverse treatments of The Federalist are associated with an array of substantive political and constitutional perspectives in our own time.

Introduction
1. Publius and the antifederalists: a satisfactory answer to all the objections? David J. Siemers
2. John Jay, The Federalist, and the Constitution Queintin P. Taylor
3. Hamilton on security, war, and revenue Max M. Edling
4. Reason against passion: institutional balance, international relations, and the law of nations in The Federalist David M. Golove and Daniel J. Hulsebosch
5. The Federalist's new federalism Michael Zuckert
6. The political psychology of Publius: reason, interest, and interest in The Federalist Jon Elster
7. Montesquieu, Hume, Adam Smith, and the philosophical perspective of The Federalist Paul A. Rahe
8. Madison's republican remedy: the Tenth Federalist and the creation of an impartial republic Alan Gibson
9. The republicanism of Publius Colleen A. Sheehan
10. The interests of the man: James Madison's constitutional politics Larry D. Kramer
11. Politics indoors and out-of-doors: a fault line in Madison's thinking Jack Rakove
12. 'The cool and deliberate sense of the community': The Federalist on Congress Greg Weiner
13. Publius on monarchy Eric Nelson
14. The Federalist and the judiciary William M. Treanor
15. Publius' political science John Ferejohn and Roderick Hills
16. The republican form of government in The Federalist Harvey C. Mansfield.

Subject Areas: Constitutional & administrative law [LND], Constitution: government & the state [JPHC], Political science & theory [JPA], History of the Americas [HBJK]