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The Federalist Papers
by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay. Essays defending the U.S. Constitution analyze faction, representation, divided powers, executive authority, and judicial review.
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- Date
- 1787–1788
- Origin
- United States
- Genre
- Political thought
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Long
- Collection
- The Western Canon
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Why it matters
Essays defending the U.S. Constitution analyze faction, representation, divided powers, executive authority, and judicial review.
This work is included on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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