The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the 1998 Edition -- Preface -- PART ONE: THE IDEOLOGY OF REVOLUTION -- Chapter I. The Whig Science of Politics -- 1. HISTORY AND REASON -- 2. THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION -- 3. POWER AGAINST LIBERTY -- 4. ENGLISH CORRUPTION -- 5. THE PATTERN OF TYRANNY -- 6. THE PRESERVATION OF PRINCIPLES -- Chapter II. Republicanism -- 1. A NEW PEOPLE FOR A NEW WORLD -- 2. THE APPEAL OF ANTIQUITY -- 3. THE PUBLIC GOOD -- 4. THE NEED FOR VIRTUE -- 5. EQUALITY -- 6. WHIG RESENTMENT -- 7. THE PENNSYLVANIA REVOLUTION -- Chapter III. Moral Reformation -- 1. THE EASY TRANSITION TO REPUBLICANISM -- 2. THE DEBATE OVER THE GENIUS OF THE PEOPLE -- 3. REPUBLICANS BY NATURE -- 4. AMERICAN CORRUPTION -- 5. A CHRISTIAN SPARTA -- 6. REPUBLICAN REGENERATION -- PART TWO: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATES -- Chapter IV. The Restructuring of Power -- 1. FOUNDATIONS FOR FREEDOM -- 2. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE MAGISTRACY -- 3. THE POWER OF APPOINTMENT -- 4. SEPARATION OF POWERS -- Chapter V. The Nature of Representation -- 1. THE REPRESENTATIVE LEGISLATURE -- 2. VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION -- 3. THE EXPLICITNESS OF CONSENT -- 4. AMBASSADORS TO AN EXTRANEOUS POWER -- Chapter VI. Mixed Government and Bicameralism -- 1. THE AMERICAN DEFENSE OF THE MIXED STATE -- 2. MIXED REPUBLICS -- 3. THE SENATORIAL PART OF THE SOCIETY -- 4. PERSONS AND PROPERTY -- 5. SIMPLE DEMOCRACY -- 6. A RADICAL EXPERIMENT IN POLITICS -- 7. THE HOMOGENEITY OF ORDERS -- 8. A DOUBLE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE -- PART THREE: THE PEOPLE AGAINST THE LEGISLATURES -- Chapter VII. Law and Contracts -- 1. WRITTEN AND UNWRITTEN LAW -- 2. THE CONTRACT OF RULERS AND RULED -- 3. THE CONSTITUTION AS FUNDAMENTAL LAW -- 4. THE SOCIAL CONTRACT -- 5. THE AMBIGUITY OF AMERICAN LAW -- Chapter VIII. Conventions of the People -- 1. THE NOVELTY OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS -- 2. THE DEFICIENCY OF CONVENTIONS.

3. THE PEOPLE OUT-OF-DOORS -- 4. A POWER SUPERIOR TO THE ORDINARY LEGISLATURE -- Chapter IX. The Sovereignty of the People -- 1. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN DEBATE OVER SOVEREIGNTY -- 2. THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION -- 3. THE DISINTEGRATION OF REPRESENTATION -- 4. THE TRANSFERAL OF SOVEREIGNTY -- 5. THE DISEMBODIMENT OF GOVERNMENT -- PART FOUR: THE CRITICAL PERIOD -- Chapter X. Vices of the System -- 1. THE INCONGRUITY OF THE CRISIS -- 2. THE PERVERSION OF REPUBLICANISM -- 3. THE ABUSES OF LEGISLATIVE POWER -- 4. DEMOCRATIC DESPOTISM -- 5. POLITICAL PATHOLOGY -- 6. THE CONTINUANCE OF HOPE -- Chapter XI. Republican Remedies -- 1. CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM -- 2. WHIGGISM AGAINST ITSELF -- 3. THE REVISION OF SEPARATION OF POWERS -- 4. THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE JUDICIARY -- 5. THE ABANDONMENT OF THE STATES -- PART FIVE: THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION -- Chapter XII. The Worthy against the Licentious -- 1. THE FEDERALIST REVOLUTION -- 2. THE SEPARATION OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL AUTHORITY -- 3. ARISTOCRACY AND DEMOCRACY -- 4. THE EXTENDED SPHERE OF GOVERNMENT -- 5. THE FILTRATION OF TALENT -- Chapter XIII. The Federalist Persuasion -- 1. THE REPUDIATION OF 1776 -- 2. CONSOLIDATION OR CONFEDERATION -- 3. THE PRIMAL POWER OF THE PEOPLE -- 4. THE IRRELEVANCE OF A BILL OF RIGHTS -- 5. THE ALLIANCE OF POWER AND LIBERTY -- 6. THE CHECKING AND BALANCING OF POWER -- 7. THE REDEFINITION OF BICAMERALISM -- 8. THE TRIUMPH AND END OF AMERICAN IDEOLOGY -- PART SIX: THE REVOLUTIONARY ACHIEVEMENT -- Chapter XIV. The Relevance and Irrelevance of John Adams -- 1. THE ENSNARING OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT -- 2. NO SPECIAL PROVIDENCE FOR AMERICANS -- 3. THE BALANCED CONSTITUTION -- 4. THE ANOMALY OF THE Defence of the Constitutions -- 5. AN INQUIRY INTO THE PRINCIPLES AND POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES -- Chapter XV. The American Science of Politics -- 1. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICS.

2. THE PERVASIVENESS OF REPRESENTATION -- 3. THE EQUATION OF RULERS AND RULED -- 4. THE PARCELING OF POWER -- 5. THE END OF CLASSICAL POLITICS -- A Note on Sources -- Select List of Full Titles -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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