Federalist No. 51: Is Liberty Guaranteed by Structures?
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Lynn, Laurence E., Jr.
署名单位：
University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of Manchester; University of Chicago
刊物名称：
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
ISSN/ISSBN：
0033-3352
DOI：
10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02466.x
发表日期：
2011
页码：
S83-S89
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摘要：
Federalist No. 51 can be read as a statement of the national government's dual responsibility to serve the public interest and to preserve liberty. It is built on James Madison's belief in checks and balances as a method for keeping government's parts in their proper places. This essay asks whether this gridlock has gone too far in rendering the constitutional design obsolete. Drawing on previously unpublished fragments of Federalist No. 51, the author argues that Madison fully anticipated these problems, and he offers the unpublished text as a salutary appendix to this iconic defense of liberty.