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Article: New Federalist Papers: Essays in Defense of the Constitution.
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- The Yale Law Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 1998
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New Federalist Papers: Essays in Defense of the Constitution. By Alan Brinkley,(*) Nelson W. Polsby,(**) and Kathleen M. Sullivan.(***) New York: W. W. Norton Press, 1997. Pp. xii, 179. $13.95.
In the New Federalist Papers, Alan Brinkley, Nelson Polsby, and Kathleen Sullivan assume the modern day roles of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison(1) to defend the U.S. Constitution from recent attacks by politicians and academic critics. Like their predecessors, Brinkley et al. fervently stand by the federal system established in 1789. Unlike their predecessors, Brinkley et al. do not argue for the ratification of a new constitution, but for the prevention of ...