Knowledge Atlas
Sources
Every claim in the Atlas rests on a source record: primary documents, peer-reviewed research, reports and court rulings.
1787The Federalist No. 9: The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and InsurrectionAlexander Hamilton · The Avalon Project, Yale Law SchoolWeb page · Primary1787The Federalist Papers: No. 10 (Madison)James Madison · The Avalon Project, Yale Law SchoolWeb page · Primary1785Essai sur l'application de l'analyse à la probabilité des décisions rendues à la pluralité des voixNicolas de Condorcet · Imprimerie Royale, ParisBook · Primary1777Articles of Confederation (full text)Avalon Project, Yale Law SchoolLaw · Primary1774Speech to the Electors of Bristol (3 November 1774)Edmund Burke · The Founders' Constitution, University of Chicago PressWeb page · Primary1762Du contrat social; ou, Principes du droit politiqueJean-Jacques Rousseau · Marc-Michel ReyBook · Primary1748De l'esprit des loisCharles-Louis de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu · Barrillot et fils (Geneva)Book · Primary1748The Spirit of the Laws (book IX, chapters 1–3, on confederate republics)Montesquieu · English translation by Thomas Nugent, revised edition (Colonial Press, New York, 1900), vol. 1Book · Primary1724A General History of the PyratesCaptain Charles Johnson (pseudonym) · Project Gutenberg (eBook 40580)Book · Primary1689Two Treatises of GovernmentJohn Locke · Awnsham ChurchillBook · Primary1651LeviathanThomas Hobbes · Andrew CrookeBook · Primary1576Les Six Livres de la RépubliqueJean Bodin · Jacques du Puys, ParisBook · Primary