COMMENTS

  1. James Madison: Essay on Sovereignty, December 1835

    James Madison: Essay on Sovereignty, December 1835. It has hitherto been understood, that the supreme power, that is, the sovereignty of the people of the States, was in its nature divisible; and was in fact divided, according to the Constitution of the U. States, between the States in their United, and the States in their individual capacities ...

  2. James Madison: Essay on Sovereignty - University of Virginia

    Sovereignty. It has hitherto been understood, that the supreme power, that is, the sovereignty of the people of the States, was in its nature divisible; and was in fact divided, according to the Constitution of the U. States, between the States in their United, and the States in their individual capacities that as the States in their highest ...

  3. James Madison and the Federal Constitutional Convention of ...

    James Madison and the Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787. An essay documenting Madison as intellectual leader and keeper of the memory of the gathering that created the United States Constitution in the summer of 1787.

  4. Interposition and the Heresy of Nullification: James Madison ...

    In this essay, Christian Fritz explains why Madison emphatically rejected the attempt by a single state to nullify national laws. Instead, Madison embraced something very different.

  5. James Madison: Notes on the federal system and the nature of g

    The Sovereignty, consists of the supreme attributes of power, interest &. [ ] which are susceptible of division, as in the U. S. _________. Sovereignty, therefore susceptible, by compact, of modifications.

  6. James Madison and State Sovereignty, 1780 1781 - JSTOR

    This article argues that James Madison, during his first year in Congress, ar- ticulated and defended a vision of state sovereignty derived in part from eighteenth- century law of nations theory.

  7. James Madison and State Sovereignty, 1780–1781 | American ...

    Few issues in early American politics were more contentious than the issue of sovereignty. This article argues that James Madison, during his first year in Congress, articulated and defended a vision of state sovereignty derived in part from eighteenth-century law of nations theory.

  8. Examining James Madison and the Constitution

    Leading James Madison scholars from around the continent, including Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, gathered for a conference on February 22-23 to discuss Madison's impact on the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.

  9. James Madison and Popular Government: The Neglected ... - JSTOR

    The nature of popular sovereignty is a central yet complex and contested aspect of democratic theory. What does it mean for a people to be sovereign? Must they actively rule, or can they merely "reign" while elite officials handle the day-to-day or even year-to-year decisionmaking?

  10. JAMES MADISON, RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND UNION - JSTOR

    Abstract: Madisons commitment to freedom of conscience — often portrayed as an entirely negative liberty — should also be understood as a positive liberty, given the capacity of religion to promote both individual virtues and political union.