From the back cover: "The Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamiton, James Madison, and John Jay, brilliantly defend what was in their day a revolutionary charter - the Constitution of the United States. The Federalist Papers explain the complexities of a constitutional government - its political structure and principles based on the inherent rights of man. Scholars have long regarded this work as a mile-stone in political science and a classic of American political theory."
