The Nature and Tendency of Free Institutions /

First published in 1848, Frederick Grimke's book, in the words of the editor, "deserves comparison with Tocqueville's justly famous work, Democracy in America, and is in certain ways superior. It is the single best book written by an American in the nineteenth century on the meaning o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grimke, Frederick (Autor)
Otros Autores: Ward, John William (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Edición:Reprint 2014
Colección:The John Harvard Library ; 4
Temas:
Constitutional law.
Political science.
Politieke instellingen.
Politik.
Vrijheid.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
HISTORY / United States / General.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction by John William Ward
  • A NOTE ON THE TEXT
  • THE NATURE AND TENDENCY OF FREE INSTITUTIONS
  • PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  • BOOK ONE
  • CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
  • CHAPTER II GENERAL VIEWS AND DIFFICULTIES OF THE SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT
  • CHAPTER III THE FOUNDATION OF GOVERNMENT, AND RIGHT OF THE MAJORITY TO RULE
  • CHAPTER IV CHARACTER AND OPERATION OF ELECTIVE GOVERNMENTS
  • CHAPTER V THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY - TO WHAT EXTENT CAN IT BE CARRIED
  • CHAPTER VI THE ELECTORAL FRANCHISE
  • CHAPTER VII THE ELECTION OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS
  • CHAPTER VIII PARTIES -THE OFFICE THEY FULFILL IN A REPUBLIC
  • CHAPTER IX A REPUBLIC IS ESSENTIALLY A GOVERNMENT OF RESTRAINT
  • BOOK TWO
  • CHAPTER I WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS
  • CHAPTER II THAT IN A REPUBLIC THE GOVERNORS AND THE GOVERNED ARE IDENTICAL AND DIFFERENT
  • CHAPTER III SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE - IMPORT OF THE PHRASE
  • CHAPTER IV POLITICAL TOLERATION - IS IT PRACTICABLE?
  • CHAPTER V MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT
  • CHAPTER VI NOTICE OF THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION
  • CHAPTER VII THE LEGISLATIVE POWER
  • BOOK THREE
  • CHAPTER I RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
  • CHAPTER II INSTITUTIONS FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE
  • CHAPTER III MILITARY INSTITUTIONS
  • CHAPTER IV INSTITUTION OF THE PRESS
  • CHAPTER V ARISTOCRATICAL INSTITUTIONS
  • CHAPTER VI THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY
  • CHAPTER VII THE JUDICIAL POWER
  • BOOK IV
  • CHAPTER I ON WHAT IN AMERICA IS SOMETIMES TERMED THE VETO POWER OF THE STATES
  • CHAPTER II THE RIGHT OF SECESSION IN THE CONFEDERATE FORM OF GOVERNMENT
  • CHAPTER III THE EXECUTIVE POWER
  • CHAPTER IV THE CLASSES OF SOCIETY
  • CHAPTER V NOTICE OF THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION
  • CHAPTER VI IS THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT A BALANCED ONE?
  • CHAPTER VII THE INFLUENCE OF AMERICA UPON EUROPE
  • CHAPTER VIII ULTIMATE DESTINY OF FREE INSTITUTIONS
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter

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