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September 3, 2002

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James Madison and the Future of Limited Government
New book from the Cato Institute focuses on the future of the Constitution

Are James Madison's ideas applicable today? In James Madison and the Future of Limited Government, leading scholars look at such contemporary issues as human rights, multiculturalism, religion and politics, and the powers of the federal government in the light of Madison's design.

More than 200 years after the country's founding, Americans are rediscovering the wisdom of the Founding Fathers who wrote and ratified the U.S. Constitution. James Madison's efforts in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787 earned him the appellation "father of the Constitution." The time is ripe for Madison to take his place alongside John Adams and Thomas Jefferson as a thinker for the ages.

Madison's influence on the founding and his continuing relevance today are documented in the new book James Madison and the Future of Limited Government, edited by John Samples, director of the Center for Representative Government at the Cato Institute.

In essays by 13 leading constitutional scholars, including James M. Buchanan, Roger Pilon, Jacob T. Levy, Alex Kozinski, Joyce Lee Malcolm, and Walter Berns, Madison's views are explored and analyzed. James Madison and the Future of Limited Government is a must for those interested in knowing what America's founding principles really mean.

"To know America, you must know Madison," says Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia. "This delightful collection of essays applies Madisonian philosophy to a wide range of situations and controversies, past and present, from federalism to religion and politics to foreign policy."

James Madison and the Future of Limited Government