================= HES POSTING ========================= By the time the Constitution was being written (largely by Madison), Smith was well known. But we should put his writing in the broader context of Blackstone (reprinted by Chitty in Philadelphia I believe in the early 1760s) which comes very close to suggesting the tripartate (three vector) structure of government, Montesquieu, whom we know Madison and others knew well, and of course Locke's Second Treatise. Perhaps Smith's WON added particular emphasis to the importance of the judiciary, something to which Hamiltonian devoted special attention in the Federalist. FC ********************************************************************** Prof. Fred V. Carstensen Office: (860) 486-0614 Department of Economics Dept: (860) 486-3022 341 Mansfield Road FAX: (860) 486-4463 University of Connecticut Home: (860) 242-6355 Storrs, CT 06269-1063 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]