Federalist No. 51

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Federalist Paper political essay

Federalist No. 51 is an essay by James Madison that explains and defends the principles of checks and balances and the separation of powers in the proposed U.S. Constitution.

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Federalist No. 51 ⓘ
surface form: Federalist Paper No. 51
arguesFor checks and balances between branches ⓘ
division of power between federal and state governments ⓘ
independent branches of government ⓘ
protection of individual liberty through institutional design ⓘ
associatedWith United States constitutional law ⓘ
author James Madison ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
discusses ambition counteracting ambition ⓘ
executive branch ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
protection of minority rights ⓘ
separation of legislative, executive, and judicial powers ⓘ
emphasizes importance of internal controls within government ⓘ
need for government to control the governed and itself ⓘ
famousPassage Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. ⓘ
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ⓘ
follows Federalist No. 50 ⓘ
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surface form: Federalist No. 51: The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments
genre political theory ⓘ
historicalContext debates over ratification of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
influenced American constitutional interpretation ⓘ
U.S. Supreme Court constitutional jurisprudence ⓘ
modern theories of separation of powers ⓘ
intendedAudience voters of New York ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Constitution

checks and balances ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
republican government ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
originallyPublishedIn New York newspapers ⓘ
partOf campaign to ratify the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
positionInSeries 51 ⓘ
precedes Federalist No. 52 ⓘ
pseudonymousAuthor Publius ⓘ
publicationDate 1788 ⓘ
purpose to defend the proposed U.S. Constitution ⓘ
to explain mechanisms to prevent tyranny ⓘ
to justify the structure of the national government ⓘ
series The Federalist Papers ⓘ
usedIn American civics education ⓘ
constitutional law courses ⓘ

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