Vindicating the commercial republic The Federalist on union, enterprise, and war

"Contrary to most academic commentary on The Federalist, this book contends that the most significant teachings of the work did not have to do with the institutions of government so much as with the non-institutional features of American constitutionalism, specifically its advocacy for greater...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peacock, Anthony A. (Anthony Arthur), 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland Lexington Books, [2018]
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Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • The foundations in principle of The Federalist's constitutionalism
  • Natural rights and a new commercial republican theory
  • The spirited nature of commercial republics
  • Taming the commercial republic
  • Thucydides and the Federalist
  • The virtue of enterprise
  • Federalist 11-14 and the spirit of enterprise
  • Enterprise and the high politics of American constitutionalism
  • War and the impossibility of an insularity doctrine
  • Constitional powers and The Federalist's high-toned politics.