Because I want a quicker way to get to these the next time I need them, here is a list of relevant posts and references (updated as needed over time):
- Madison’s Defintion(s) of Republic (June 5, 2011)
- Republicanism and Madison (August 24, 2011)
- A “Republic v. Democracy” Lexicon(December 23, 2016)
- More on the “Republic, not a Democracy” Business as Linked to the Electoral College (December 23, 2016)
- Because we Need another “Republic v. Democracy” Post (mostly a link to a Volokh column on this topic).
- A Return to “a Republic, not a Democracy” (January 28, 2018)
- “A Republic, not a Democracy” Redux (July 15, 2018)
- More on “A Republic, not a Democracy” (August 29, 2019)
- The Dark Side of “It’s a Republic, not a Democracy” (October 10, 2020)
- What’s a Republic? (October 11, 2020)
- Hamilton on Super-Majorities (which discusses Fed 22 and touches on the linkage of republicanism and majority rule) (May 23, 2021)
- Once Again to Madison and Republics (May 23, 2021)
- A Republic, not a Constitutional Monarchy (December 2, 2021)
- An Authoritarian Usage of “Republic” (September 3, 2024)
- SLT Talks About a Republic v. a Democracy (July 24, 2025)
- Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud (October 17, 2025)
In print: A Different Democracy, especially Chapter 1, but really the whole book.
Some related posts:
- Some Musings on the Federalist Papers and the American Founding (May 22, 2010)
- What the Framers Meant Part Two: Return of the Federalist Papers (September 4, 2010)
- Madison, the Philadelphia Convention, and Presidentialism (August 26, 2011)
- Madison and States v. the Central Government (August 28, 2011)
- The States and the Framers (Again) (September 4, 2011)
- More on the Federalist Papers as the Rosetta Stone for the Constitution
- On Constitutional Language
- More on the Federalist Papers as the Rosetta Stone for the Constitution (May 19, 2012)
- A Quote to Ponder (Partisanship and Governance Edition) (March 2, 2013)
- A Qualified Yes to a Constitutional Convention (August 25, 2013)
- Institutional Design and Governance (July 6, 2014)
- Teaching the Federalist Papers
- Madison, Will, and the Ambitions of the GOP (June 23, 2018)
- Basic Democratic Models (July 7, 2019)
- A Reminder that Institutions Matter (July 20, 2019)
- No, This Isn’t How Democracy Works (February 12, 2025)
Also, an incomplete series:
- Democracy and Institutional Design I: A Basic Preface on Regime Type (October 29, 2017)
- Democracy and Institutional Design II: A (Very) Basic Definition of Democracy (October 13, 2018)
- Democracy and Institutional Design III: Towards a More Complex Discussion of Democracy (October 18, 2018)
