Montesquieu, Diversity, and the American Constitutional Debate
Description:
It has become something of a cliché for contemporary scholars to assert that Madison turned Montesquieu on his head and thereafter give little thought to the Frenchman’s theory that republics must remain limited in territorial size. Madison did indeed present a formidable challenge to Montesquieu’s theory, but I will demonstrate in this dissertation that the authors of the Federalist Papers arrived at the extended sphere by following a theoretical pathway already cemented by the French philosop…
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Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Drummond, Nicholas W.
Partner:
UNT Libraries