A politician thinking: the creative mind of James Madison

Preface

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."