Contemporary Anti-Federalist Research

Anti-Federalist writings have had a profound impact on American politics and continue to shape modern political thought. The following is a collection of contemporary research about Anti-Federalism and the society that birthed it.

Aristocracy Assailed: The Ideology of Backcountry Anti-Federalism
Saul Cornell – Journal of American History
Return of the Skeptics: The Growing Role of the Anti-Federalists in Modern Constitutional Jurisprudence
Nils Gilbertson – The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy
The Antifederalists Were (Mostly) Right: An Analysis of Modern American Public Opinion on the Concerns of the Antifederalists
Jamie Nash – University of Pennsylvania
Anti-Federalist/Federalist Dialogue and its Implications for Constitutional Understanding
Daniel Walker Howe – Northwestern University Law Review
Misunderstanding the Anti-Federalist Papers: The Dangers of Availability
Aaron Zelinsky – Alabama Law Review
Men of a Different Faith: The Anti-Federalist Ideal in Early American Political Thought
Christopher M. Duncan - The Journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association