Shlomo Slonim (LLB Melbourne, PhD Columbia) is the James G. McDonald Professor of American History, Emeritus, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• 1. America's First Constitution: State Over Nation.- 2. The Road to Philadelphia: Nationalists in Search of Energy and Supremacy.- 3. The Constitutional Convention: Nation over State within a Federal Framework.- 4. Delimiting the Scope of National Authority.- 5. Three Dissenting Fathers: The First Salvo in the Antifederalist Campaign.- 6. The Antifederalist Drive to Reinstitute State over Nation.- 7. Three Ratification Contests: The Fate of the Union in the Balance.- 8. Madison and the Threat of a Second Constitutional Convention.- 9. The Bill of Rights in Congress: Madison's Race against Time.- 10. The Tenth Amendment: Nation over State Preserved.- 11. Postscript: Federalism Tested: Madison v. Marshall and the Antifederalist Revival.

Shlomo Slonim (LLB Melbourne, PhD Columbia) is the James G. McDonald Professor of American History, Emeritus, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• 1. America's First Constitution: State Over Nation.- 2. The Road to Philadelphia: Nationalists in Search of Energy and Supremacy.- 3. The Constitutional Convention: Nation over State within a Federal Framework.- 4. Delimiting the Scope of National Authority.- 5. Three Dissenting Fathers: The First Salvo in the Antifederalist Campaign.- 6. The Antifederalist Drive to Reinstitute State over Nation.- 7. Three Ratification Contests: The Fate of the Union in the Balance.- 8. Madison and the Threat of a Second Constitutional Convention.- 9. The Bill of Rights in Congress: Madison's Race against Time.- 10. The Tenth Amendment: Nation over State Preserved.- 11. Postscript: Federalism Tested: Madison v. Marshall and the Antifederalist Revival.

Shlomo Slonim (LLB Melbourne, PhD Columbia) is the James G. McDonald Professor of American History, Emeritus, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• 1. America's First Constitution: State Over Nation.- 2. The Road to Philadelphia: Nationalists in Search of Energy and Supremacy.- 3. The Constitutional Convention: Nation over State within a Federal Framework.- 4. Delimiting the Scope of National Authority.- 5. Three Dissenting Fathers: The First Salvo in the Antifederalist Campaign.- 6. The Antifederalist Drive to Reinstitute State over Nation.- 7. Three Ratification Contests: The Fate of the Union in the Balance.- 8. Madison and the Threat of a Second Constitutional Convention.- 9. The Bill of Rights in Congress: Madison's Race against Time.- 10. The Tenth Amendment: Nation over State Preserved.- 11. Postscript: Federalism Tested: Madison v. Marshall and the Antifederalist Revival.