Major Works

• The Federalist Papers

  - Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, and John Jay. The Federalist Papers. Edited by Clinton Rossiter and Charles R. Kesler. New York: Signet, 2003.
  Excerpt from Hamilton’s general introduction in Federalist 1: “AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The… More

Commentary

• The Authorship of the Disputed Federalist Papers

  - Adair, Douglass. “The Authorship of the Disputed Federalist Papers.” The William and Mary Quarterly 1, no. 2 (April 1, 1944): 98–122.

• The Authorship of the Disputed Federalist Papers: Part II

  - Adair, Douglass. “The Authorship of the Disputed Federalist Papers: Part II.” The William and Mary Quarterly 1, no. 3 (July 1, 1944): 235–264.

• The Tenth Federalist Revisited

  - Adair, Douglass. “The Tenth Federalist Revisited.” The William and Mary Quarterly 8, no. 1 (January 1, 1951): 48–67.

• ‘That Politics May Be Reduced to a Science’: David Hume, James Madison, and the Tenth Federalist

  - Adair, Douglass. “‘That Politics May Be Reduced to a Science’: David Hume, James Madison, and the Tenth Federalist.” Huntington Library Quarterly 20, no. 4 (August 1, 1957): 343–360.

• Notes on James Madison’s Sources for the Tenth Federalist Paper

  - Ketcham, Ralph L. “Notes on James Madison’s Sources for the Tenth Federalist Paper.” Midwest Journal of Political Science 1, no. 1 (May 1, 1957): 20–25.

• American Political Thought: The Philosophic Dimension of American Statesmanship

  - Frisch, Morton J., and Richard G. Stevens, editors. American Political Thought: The Philosophic Dimension of American Statesmanship. New York: Scribner, 1971.

• Fame and the Founding Fathers: Essays

  - Adair, Douglass. Fame and the Founding Fathers: Essays. New York: Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., by Norton, 1974.

• Madison’s Theory of Representation in the Tenth Federalist

  - Morgan, Robert J. “Madison’s Theory of Representation in the Tenth Federalist.” The Journal of Politics 36, no. 4 (November 1, 1974): 852–885.

• Martin Diamond’s View of ‘The Federalist

  - Riley, Patrick. “Martin Diamond’s View of ‘The Federalist’.” Publius 8, no. 3 (July 1, 1978): 71–101.

• James Madison and the Scottish Enlightenment

  - Branson, Roy. “James Madison and the Scottish Enlightenment.” Journal of the History of Ideas 40, no. 2 (April 1, 1979): 235–250.

• The Founding of the Democratic Republic

  - Diamond, Martin. The Founding of the Democratic Republic. Itasca, Ill: F.E. Peacock Publishers, 1981.
  A reprint of four chapters by Martin Diamond from THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (Diamond, Garfinkel, and Fisk), this book provides a more complete view of our political foundations than can be found in contemporary American government textbooks.

• The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy

  - McCoy, Drew R. The Last of the Fathers: James Madison and the Republican Legacy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.

• James Madison’s Extended Republic

  - Onuf, Peter S. “James Madison’s Extended Republic.” Texas Tech Law Review 21 (1990): 2375.

• Separated and Balanced Constitution, The

  - Thurow, Glen E. “Separated and Balanced Constitution, The.” Texas Tech Law Review 21 (1990): 2389.

• War and Peace in The Federalist

  - Tarcov, Nathan. "War and Peace in The Federalist." Political Science Reviewer1 (1990): 87-106.

• The Virtuous Polity, The Accountable Polity: Liberty and Responsibility in The Federalist

  - Zuckert, Michael P. “The Virtuous Polity, The Accountable Polity: Liberty and Responsibility in The Federalist.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism 22, no. 1 (January 1, 1992): 123–142.

• The Mild Voice of Reason: Deliberative Democracy and American National Government

  - Bessette, Joseph M. The Mild Voice of Reason: Deliberative Democracy and American National Government. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

• Madison on Sympathy, Virtue, and Ambition in the ‘Federalist Papers’

  - Sorenson, Leonard R. “Madison on Sympathy, Virtue, and Ambition in the ‘Federalist Papers’.” Polity 27, no. 3 (April 1, 1995): 431–446.

• The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic

  - Banning, Lance. The Sacred Fire of Liberty: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1995.

• The Noblest Minds

  - McNamara, Peter. The Noblest Minds: Fame, Honor, and the American Founding. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1999.
  Ever since Douglass Adair convincingly demonstrated that a love of fame was central to the American founding, political scientists and historians have started to view the founders and their acts in a new light. In The Noblest Minds, ten distinguished scholars… More

• James Madison and the Spirit of Republican Self-Government

  - Sheehan, Colleen A. James Madison and the Spirit of Republican Self-Government. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  In the first study that combines an in-depth examination of Madison’s National Gazette essays of 1791-92 with a study of The Federalist, Colleen Sheehan traces the evolution of Madison’s conception of the politics of communication and public… More