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PART Ⅰ—THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT 3

I.THE NATION AND THE STATES 3

II.THE ORIGIN OF THE CONSTITUTION 6

III.NATURE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 16

IV.THE PRESIDENT 22

V.PRESIDENTIAL POWERS AND DUTIES 37

VI.OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRESIDENCY 52

VII.WHY GREAT MEN ARE NOT CHOSEN PRESIDENTS 58

VIII.THE CABINET 64

IX.THE SENATE 71

X.THE SENATE AS AN EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BODY 78

XI.THE SENATE:ITS WORKING AND INFLUENCE 83

XII.THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 94

XIII.THE HOUSE AT WORK 108

XIV.THE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS 115

XV.CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION 123

XVI.CONGRESSIONAL FINANCE 131

XVII.THE RELATIONS OF THE TWO HOUSES 138

XVIII.GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON CONGRESS 143

XIX.THE RELATIONS OF CONGRESS TO THE PRESIDENT 155

XX.THE LEGISLATURE AND THE EXECUTIVE 161

XXI.THE FEDERAL COURTS 167

XXII.THE COURTS AND THE CONSTITUTION 178

XXIII.THE WORKING OF THE COURTS 188

XXIV.COMPARISON OF THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SYSTEMS 201

XXV.GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE FRAME OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT 214

XXVI.THE FEDERAL SYSTEM 224

XXVII.WORKING RELATIONS OF THE NATIONAL AND THE STATE GOVERNMENTS 233

XXVIII.CRITICISM OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM 243

XXIX.MERITS OF THE FEDERAL SYSTEM 248

XXX.THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION 254

XXXI.THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION 260

XXXII.THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BY USAGE 271

XXXIII.THE RESULTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 278

PART Ⅱ—THE STATE GOVERNMENTS 287

XXXIV.NATURE OF THE AMERICAN STATE 287

XXXV.STATE CONSTITUTIONS 297

XXXVI.CONTENTS OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS 306

XXXVII.THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS 317

XXXVIII.DIRECT LEGISLATION BY THE PEOPLE 324

XXXIX.STATE GOVERNMENTS:THE LEGISLATURES 329

XL.THE STATE EXECUTIVE 342

XLI.THE STATE JUDICIARY 347

XLII.STATE FINANCE 356

XLIII.THE WORKING OF STATE GOVERNMENTS 366

XLIV.REMEDIES FOR THE FAULTS OF STATE GOVERNMENTS 379

XLV.STATE POLITICS 387

XLVI.THE TERRITORIES 397

XLVII.LOCAL GOVERNMENT 410

XLVIII.OBSERVATIONS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT 420

XLIX.THE GOVERNMENT OF CITIES 424

L.THE WORKING OF CITY GOVERNMENTS 429

LI.AN AMERICAN VIEW OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES 435

PART Ⅲ—POLITICAL METHODS AND PHYSICAL INFLUENCES 455

LII.POLITICAL PARTIES AND THEIR HISTORY 455

LIII.NOMINATING CONVENTIONS 465

LIV.THE NOMINATING CONVENTION AT WORK 473

LV.HOW PUBLIC OPINION RULES IN AMERICA 486

LVI.THE ACTION OF PUBLIC OPINION 490

LVII.FAILURE AND SUCCESSES OF PUBLIC OPINION 499

LVIII.THE HOME OF THE NATION 511

APPENDIX:CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED SPATES 531

INDEX 545