The James Madison Project
"So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous and fanciful distinctions have been sufficient to kindle their unfriendly passions and excite their most violent conflicts."
James Madison Federalist 10
Resources
Madisonian Federalism
Colleen Sheehan
Colleen Sheehan, Director of the Matthew J Ryan Center at Villanova University, participated in the 2016 Principles of Federalism Conference hosted by the Center for Constitutional Studies at UVU. Colleen Sheehan defines the foundation of Madisonian Federalism. She refers to how Madisonian Federalism was formed and established.
About James Madison
Brief introduction to James Madison
Madison's Vision of a Representative Democracy
In a nation where private funding from wealthy donors fuels political campaigns, Lawrence Lessig told a Madison Vision Series .
The Legacy of James Madison
Year of production: 2007
Running Time: 2:30 min
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Pulitzer-prize winning historian Jack N. Rakove discusses Madison, his work, and his influence in an interview with Manuscript Division Chief Jim Hutson
James Madison
Year of production: 2015
Running Time: 2:30 min
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Author Lynne Cheney talks about her new extensive biography of James Madison with National Constitution Center president and CEO Jeffrey Rosen. (Video contains excerpts of program recorded on May 13, 2014.)
Contemporary Legacy
Constitution Center Event
Leading Madison scholars Burt Neuborne and David O. Stewart discuss James Madison’s historical and contemporary legacy. Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California moderates.
Impact on Law
Year of production: 2007
Running Time: 2:30 min
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Chief Judge Diane Wood and Judge Kent Jordan on the Constitutional Legacy of James Madison
Constitution Center Event
Madison and Frankfurter: Friends, Enemies, and the Meaning of the Constitution
Noah Feldman on 'Madison and Frankfurter: Friends, Enemies, and the Meaning of the Constitution'
James Madison's writing
The Papers of James Madison (Founders Series)
Notes of the Constitutional Convention
Madison’s National Gazette Essays
19 November 1791–20 December 1792
Articles, Programs and
other Resources
James Madison Program in American Ideals
and Institutions Princton University
Hillside University, The Federalist Papers
Explaining the Constitution: The Federalist
Vices of US Political System (1787)
That Politics May Be Reduced to a Science":
David Hume, James Madison, and the Tenth Federalist
How Human Nature Informs Government
“The Interest Of The Man”: James Madison, Popular Constitutionalism, And The Theory Of Deliberative Democracy Larry D. Kramer
American Compact: James Madison and the Problem of Founding (American Political Thought), published by the University Press of Kansas. The author re-examines Madison’s philosophy on state-making, his ideas on the liberal foundations of government, and how he differed philosophically from Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.
The Three Lives of James Madison
Ultimately he turned to foreign policy, seeking to establish America's place in the world without force. He almost succeeded.
Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father
Michael Signer crafted his biography of James Madison in a different way by focusing on the fourth president's youth. He characterized the book as "an intellectual and psychological biography of a young Madison before age 36.
James Madison and Democracy: The Complex Case for 'Our Complicated System
Dr. Alan Gibson, California State University Chico
Noam Chomsky: Critique of Madisonian Democracy
Mr. Chomsky examined the principle and practice of democracy in the U.S. over the past 200 years. He argued that the democratic order encapsulated in the Constitution, principally by James Madison, declared the right to own property as the preeminent foundation of the social order and was therefore designed to protect those who owned property by ensuring their control over the government. He also argued that this system has not evolved to include broader segments of the population, as some have claimed, but has made possible the development of industrial capitalism which depends on governmental largesse and exploits the bulk of the population. After his remarks, he took questions from the audience. 4/4/97