Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-457) and index.
Contents
The rule of the wise and the holy : Thomas Aquinas -- The idea of the national republic : John Milton -- A constitution for the national republic : James Harrington -- The conflict of ideas -- The decade of agitation -- The discovery of the nation -- Montesquieu's confederate republic -- Madison's compound republic -- Auxiliary precautions -- Sovereignty and ratification -- James Wilson's social union -- Conclusion : liberty and union.
