Vices of the Political Systemfederalismimperium in imperioMadison ProblemThe conventional view of legal scholars and historians is that James Madison was the "father" or "major architect" of the Constitution, whosDavid S. SchwartzJohn Mikhail
Madison and the debates, as the “Four Act Drama”Articles of ConfederationMadison's “The Vices of the Political System of the United States”This essay examines how the timing of Virginia's Ratification Convention twisted the principles of presumption and burden of proof in favor of the ...
Articles of ConfederationMadison's “The Vices of the Political System of the United States”the Virginia Plan, removal of the state legislatures structurallyMadison in “Vices,” of the laws of injustice in state legislatureAct II: The Connecticut Compromise, a critical impasseGordon Lloyd...
Madison, 1780–1787, window into nationalism and political reformMadison's early politics, in American constitutional historyMadison and “Vices,” problems as threats to republicanismMadison's authorship of the Virginia Resolutions of 1798Madison's positions in the 1780s, nationalism and states' ...