Federalist No 51: Summary and Analysis
Summary:
In Federalist No. 51, “The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances between the Different Departments,” James Madison has presented his main idea that the states should be independent. Throughout the essay, he put emphasis and clarified on the point that the government structures should create possibilities and give effort for the liberty. Madison proposed that every branch of the state has to be independent as well as no branch should have a lot of power to select the other members of the two branches. He further mentioned that there should be no dependency of the members of one branch over the members of the other branch for the determination of their salaries. …show more content…
Madison clearly emancipates himself from the dualistic view of the society, which was highly common in the eighteenth century. Also, he seems like one of the few pioneers, who have their political thoughts based on “Pluralism”. Unlike Hamilton, who considered the major excuse for the autocracy, Madison has preserved the liberty of people through the Federalist 51. Madison’s Federalist paper is not only unique but also designs the constitution that allows the members of the branches not to be dependent on the members of other branches for the determination of their salaries and other duties. Also, the changes in the institutional design that Madison proposes are secure the rights of minority groups and save the states from being harmed through the social injustice. Overall, unlike the other delegates, Madison develops his own theory of a unique institutional design, which prefers safety and liberty of institution as well as
Summary:
In Federalist No. 51, “The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances between the Different Departments,” James Madison has presented his main idea that the states should be independent. Throughout the essay, he put emphasis and clarified on the point that the government structures should create possibilities and give effort for the liberty. Madison proposed that every branch of the state has to be independent as well as no branch should have a lot of power to select the other members of the two branches. He further mentioned that there should be no dependency of the members of one branch over the members of the other branch for the determination of their salaries. …show more content…
Madison clearly emancipates himself from the dualistic view of the society, which was highly common in the eighteenth century. Also, he seems like one of the few pioneers, who have their political thoughts based on “Pluralism”. Unlike Hamilton, who considered the major excuse for the autocracy, Madison has preserved the liberty of people through the Federalist 51. Madison’s Federalist paper is not only unique but also designs the constitution that allows the members of the branches not to be dependent on the members of other branches for the determination of their salaries and other duties. Also, the changes in the institutional design that Madison proposes are secure the rights of minority groups and save the states from being harmed through the social injustice. Overall, unlike the other delegates, Madison develops his own theory of a unique institutional design, which prefers safety and liberty of institution as well as