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Table of Contents

Part I. The Nature of the State
I. Political Science, The Theory of the State
1. Definition and Scope of Political Science Page 3 2. Relation to Other Sciences Page 6 3. Meaning of the State; Its Essential Attributes Page 12 4. The Distinction Between State, Society, Government, and Nation Page 15 5. The State and a Common Page 18 6. The Ideal State Page 18
II. Origin of the State; Fallacious Theories
1. Theory of the Social Contract Page 21 2. Application Made of the Theory by Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau Page 25 3. Criticism of the Theory Page 29 4. The Theory of Divine Origin Page 32 5. The Theory of Force Page 34
III. The True Origin of the State
1. The Historical or Evolutionary View of the State Page 38 2. The Patriarchal and Matriarchal Theories Page 39 3. Course of Development: The Aristotelian Cycle Page 43 4. Military and Economic Factors Page 44 5. Some General Features of Political Evolution Page 45
IV. The Sovereignty of the State
1. Analysis of the Conception of Sovereignty; Meaning of Law and Right Page 49 2. The Location of Sovereignty in Existing Governments Page 53 3. Criticism of the Doctrine of Sovereignty; Sir Henry Maine's Objections Page 55 4. Theory of Political Sovereignty Page 60 5. Criticism Page 63 6. Dual or Divided Sovereignty Page 65 7. Recent Criticism of the Doctrine of Sovereignty Page 66
V. The Liberty of the Individual
1. Formulation of the Idea of Civil Liberty; Its Dependence on a Coercive Sovereign Power Page 69 2. Special Senses Sometimes Attached to the Term 'Liberty' Page 73 3. Organic Theory of the State Page 76 4. Criticism Page 78 5. Elaborate Analogies of Spencer, Schäffle, etc.; The Personality of the State Page 80 6. Criticism Page 83
VI. Relation of States to One Another
1. External Aspect of the State; Regulation of Its Conduct Towards Other States Page 86 2. Evolution of International Relations: First, Second, and Third Periods Page 88 3. Scope and Content of International Law Page 95 4. Propriety of the Term Page 97 5. International Arbitration Page 100 6. The League of Nations Page 105
VII. The Form of the State
1. The Classification of States According to Their Form; Aristotle's Divisions Page 112 2. Later Classifications; Montesquieu, Rousseau, Bluntschli, etc. Page 117 3. Practical Classification of Existing States Page 120 4. The Constitution; Written and Unwritten Constitutions Page 122 5. Origin of Written Constitutions Page 124 6. The Distinction Between States with Written and Those with Unwritten Constitutions an Illusory Basis of Division Page 129 7. Scope of the Constitution Page 132 8. Amendment Page 134
Part II. The Structure of the Government
I. The Separation of Powers
1. Nature of Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Power Page 141 2. Theory of the Separation of Powers Page 143 3. Influence of This Theory in America and France Page 145 4. Extent of Its Application in Existing Governments Page 147 5. Continental Administrative Law Page 150 6. General Criticism of the Theory of the Separation of Powers Page 151
II. The Legislature
1. The Legislature; General Requisites, Procedure, etc. Page 153 2. The Bicameral System; Reasons for Its Adoption Page 158 3. Composition of Upper Houses Page 161 4. Distribution of Power Between the Two Houses Page 167 5. Direct Legislation; The Initiative and the Referendum Page 173
III. The Executive
1. Concentration of Authority the First Requisite of the Executive Page 183 2. Methods of Appointment; Hereditary Executives Page 186 3. Elective Executives Page 189 4. Presidential and Parliamentary Government Page 192 5. Subordinate Officials of the Executive; The Civil Service Page 198
IV. The Judiciary and the Electorate
1. The Judicial Office and Its Tenure Page 208 2. The Relation of the Courts to the Executive and to the Legislature Page 211 3. Administrative Law and Administrative Courts Page 216 4. The Electorate: Evolution of Universal Suffrage in Leading Countries Page 218 5. Representation of Minorities Page 226
V. Federal Government
1. Importance of the Federal Principle; Its Historical Development Page 232 2. The Different Kinds of Federations Page 235 3. Sovereignty in a Federal State Page 238 4. Utility of the Federal Principle in Effecting a Compromise Page 241 5. Distribution of Power in Federal States Page 242 6. Conclusions Page 250
VI. Colonial Government
1. The Acquisition of Dependencies Page 255 2. Colonies of the Ancient World Page 258 3. Colonial Expansion After the Discovery of the Route to the East Indies and the Discovery of America; Spanish Colonial System Page 259 4. Colonial Policy of England and France in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Page 261 5. The American Revolution Page 264 6. Alteration of British Colonial Policy in the Nineteenth Century; Establishment of Self-government Page 267 7. Present British System of Colonial Administration Page 271 8. Imperial Federation Page 279 9. Recent Colonial Expansion of European States Page 281 10. The Dependencies of the United States Page 284
VII. Local Government
1. Local and Central Government Distinguished Page 288 2. Areas of Local Government; The United States, France, England Page 291 3. Composition and Powers of Local Governing Bodies; The United States Page 296 4. England Page 304 5. France Page 307 6. Prussia Page 310 7. Local Taxation; The Property Tax of the United States Page 311 8. Systems of Local Taxation in Other Countries Page 316 9. Reform of the American System Page 322
VIII. Party Government
1. Conflict of Opinion on the Merits of Party Government Page 326 2. Origin and Development of the Party System in England Page 330 3. Origin and Growth of Political Parties in the United States Page 332 4. The Organization of American Political Parties Page 335 5. Reform of the System Page 339 6. Party Machinery in Great Britain Page 343 7. The Party Groups of Continental Europe Page 345
Part III. The Province of Government
I. Individualism
1. The Individualistic Theory of the Functions of Government Page 353 2. Individualism as Based on a Theory of Justice Page 355 3. Based on a Theory of Profitability: The Doctrine of Laissez-faire Page 358 4. Based on a Biological Analogy: The Survival of the Fittest Page 361 5. Conflicting Forces Page 363
II. Socialism
1. The Socialistic Theory: Its Destructive Criticism Page 366 2. The Constructive Programme of Socialism Page 370 3. The German Social Democrats Page 374 4. Socialism in England and America Page 378
III. The Modern State
1. The New Environment Page 381 2. Theory of Protection to Industry Page 384 3. Modern Protective Tariffs Page 388 4. Interference with Competitive Prices; Trust and Railroad Legislation Page 389 5. Government Interference on Behalf of the Working Class; Factory Laws, State Insurance, and Pensions Page 397 6. Municipal Control Page 401 Index Page 403

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xiii, i l., [3]-415 p.
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