Federalist No. 83

Federalist No. 83 (Federalist Number 83) is an essay by Alexander Hamilton and the eighty-third of The Federalist Papers. It was published on July 5, 9, and 12, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all The Federalist Papers were published. The title is, "The Judiciary Continued in Relation to Trial by Jury", and is the last in a series of six essays discussing the powers and limitations of the judicial branch.