{"product_id":"the-federalist-papers-9791043137334","title":"The Federalist Papers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alexander Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient, Classical \u0026amp; Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Federalist Papers \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn early \u003cstrong\u003e1787\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Congress of the \u003cstrong\u003eUnited States\u003c\/strong\u003e called a meeting of delegates from each state to try to fix what was wrong with the Articles of Confederation. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Articles\u003c\/strong\u003e had created an intentionally weak central government, and that weakness had brought the nation to a crisis in only a few years. Over the next several months, the delegates worked to produce the document that would become the U.S. Constitution.\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Congress\u003c\/strong\u003e released the proposed Constitution to the states for ratification in the fall of \u003cstrong\u003e1787\u003c\/strong\u003e, reaction was swift: in newspapers throughout each state, columnists were quick to condemn the radical reworking of the nation's formative document. \u003cstrong\u003eIn New York\u003c\/strong\u003e State, a member of the convention decided to launch into the fray; he and two other men he recruited began writing their own anonymous series defending the proposed Constitution, each one signed \"Publius.\" They published seventy-seven articles in four different \u003cstrong\u003eNew York\u003c\/strong\u003e papers over the course of several months. When the articles were collected and published as a book early the following year, the authors added another eight articles. Although many at the time guessed the true identities of the authors, it would be a few years before the authors were confirmed to be \u003cstrong\u003eAlexander Hamilton\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJames Madison\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Jay\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eHamilton\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMadison\u003c\/strong\u003e both being delegates at the convention.Although the articles' influence on the Constitution's ratification is debated-newspapers were largely local at the time, so few outside \u003cstrong\u003eNew York\u003c\/strong\u003e saw the articles-their influence on the interpretation of the Constitution within the judiciary is immense. They are a window not only into the structure and content of the document, but also the reasons for the structure and content, written by men who helped author the document. Consequently, they have been quoted almost \u003cstrong\u003e300\u003c\/strong\u003e times in \u003cstrong\u003eSupreme Court\u003c\/strong\u003e cases. They remain perhaps the best and clearest explanation of the document that is the cornerstone of the \u003cstrong\u003eUnited States\u003c\/strong\u003e government.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Prairies Numeriques","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47776391757975,"sku":"9791043137334","price":3465.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9791043137334.webp?v=1777995970","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-federalist-papers-9791043137334","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}