Introduction: Alexander Hamilton, lawyer and lawmaker

Creating the federal magistracy : discretionary power and the energetic executive

Administrative accommodation in the federal magistracy

Creating the "commercial republic" : neutrality and law in the American courts

Developing the jurisprudence of federalism : Hamilton's defense of federal fiscal powers

"A most valuable auxiliary" : securing foreign capital with the law of the land

Litigation, liberty, and the law : Hamilton's common law rights strategy

Conclusion: The federalist.