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A politician thinking : The creative mind of James Madison / Jack N. Rakove

Introduction : thinking about Madison's mind -- "How indeed could it be otherwise?" : rethinking the problem of federalism -- "The principal task of modern legislation" : the locus of republican governance -- "Wherever the real power lies" : public opinion and the protection of rights -- "The experiments are of too ticklish a nature to be unnecessarily multiplied" : the problem of thinking like a constitution -- Epilogue : "I may be thought to have outlived myself."