James Madison and the Future of Limited GovernmentJohn Samples Cato Institute, 2002. gada 25. jūl. - 246 lappuses Americans are once again rediscovering the wisdom of the founders who wrote and ratified the U.S. Constitution, which has stood the test of two centuries. James Madison's efforts in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787 earned him the reputation of being the "father of the Constitution." The time is ripe for Madison to take his place alongside John Adams and Thomas Jefferson as a thinker for the ages. This book looks at the ways in which Madison's ideas might instruct and inform our era. Alex Kozinski, Stephen Engel, and Roger Pilon call for a return to Madison's belief that the powers of the federal government are limited to those granted in the Constitution. The historians Joyce Malcolm and Robert McDonald examine the ways in which Madison was unique and the differences he had with Jefferson. Tom G. Palmer, Jacob Levy, and John Samples reflect on Madison's implications for contemporary multiculturalism and the practice of direct democracy. Walter Berns and Michael Hayes hold up his strict separation of politics and religion for both praise and blame. The book closes with essays by James Dorn and John Tomasi, which suggest that developing nations and the larger world would do well to follow Madison's concern for limited government and human rights. The contributors to this volume provide an informed, but never pedantic, guide through Madison's thought. They are determined to let Madison speak to our time. Every reader interested in current politics and the future of our Constitution will treasure this book. |
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... society's institutions have been challenged , as the members of different groups have demanded " recognition . " They have demanded not simply recognition of their claims to a ( just ) share of the social pie but , more important ...
... society , skepticism about government : From before they had become a nation , and continuing until almost the middle of the 20th century , Americans registered chronic skepticism regarding a more active role for the fed- eral ...
... society without governance , a society of angels . Just what sort of behavior would such angels exhibit , and what would the social interaction among the separate angels look like ? I soon found myself in difficulty . As my old ...
... societies potentially , ranging from one extreme defined by " all persons behave as angels all of the time " to the other ... society almost neces- sarily reduces the proclivities of persons to behave like angels . In a paper written a ...
... starting point , namely , his presumption that the ideal society is one in which all persons are indeed angels and in which governance has no place . ! 2. Recapturing Madison's Constitution : Federalism without the Blank 11 Madison's ...
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