Democracy in America. Volume 1 /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
SNOVA,
2019.
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| Series: | American political, economic, and security issues.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Preface*; Special Introduction by Hon. John T. Morgan; Special Introduction by Hon. John J. Ingalls; Introduction; Part One; Chapter 1; Exterior Form of North America; Chapter 2; Origin of the Anglo-Americans; Origin of the Anglo-Americans, and Its Importance in Relation to Their Future Condition; Reasons of Certain Anomalies Which the Laws and Customs of the Anglo-Americans Present; Chapter 3; Social Conditions of the Anglo-Americans; The Striking Characteristic of the Social Condition of the Anglo-Americans in Its Essential Democracy
- Political Consequences of the Social Condition of the Anglo-AmericansChapter 4; The Principle of the Sovereignty of the People in America; Chapter 5; Necessity of Examining the Condition of the States; Necessity of Examining the Condition of the States before That of the Union at Large; The American System of Townships and Municipal Bodies; Limits of the Township; Authorities of the Township in New England; Existence of the Township; Public Spirit of the Townships of New England; The Counties of New England; Administration in New England
- General Remarks on the Administration of the United StatesOf the State; Legislative Power of the State; The Executive Power of the State; Political Effects of the System of Local Administration in the United States; Chapter 6; Judicial Power in the United States; Judicial Power in the United States and Its Influence on Political Society; Other Powers Granted to American Judges; Chapter 7; Political Jurisdiction in the United States; Chapter 8; The Federal Constitution; History of the Federal Constitution; Summary of the Federal Constitution; Prerogative of the Federal Government
- Federal PowersLegislative Powers; A Further Difference between the Senate and the House of Representatives; Executive Power; Differences between the Position of the President of the United States and That of a Constitutional King of France; Accidental Causes Which May Increase the Influence of the Executive Government; Election of the President; Mode of Election; Crises of the Election; Re-Election of the President; Federal Courts; Different Cases of Jurisdiction; Procedure of the Federal Courts; High Rank of the Supreme Court amongst the Great Powers of State
- In What Respects the Federal Constitution Is Superior to That of the StatesCharacteristics Which Distinguish the Federal Constitution of the United States of America from All Other Federal Constitutions; Advantages of the Federal System in General, and Its Special Utility in America; Why the Federal System Is Not Adapted to All Peoples, and How the Anglo-Americans Were Enabled to Adopt It; Chapter 9; Why the People May Strictly Be Said to Govern in the United States; Chapter 10; Parties in the United States; Remains of the Aristocratic Party in the United States; Chapter 11
