Political science and comparative constitutional law / by John W. Burgess.

Boston, Mass. : Ginn & Company, 1896

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Constitutional history.

Comparative law.

Political science.

Constitutional law.

Part I: Political science

Book I: The nation

I. The idea of the nation

II. The present geographical distribution of nations and nationalities

III. National political character

IV. Conclusions of practical politics from the foregoing considerations in regard to physical ethnical, and political geography, and national characteristics

Book II: The state

I. The idea and the conception of the state

II. The origin of the state

III. The forms of state

IV. The ends of the state

Book III: The formation of the constitutions of Great Britain, the United States, Germany and France

I. The formation of the constitution of Great Britain

II. History of the formation of the constitution of the United States

III. History of the formation of the constitution of the German empire

IV. The history of the formation of the French constitution

Part II: Comparative constitutional law

Book I: The organization of the state within the constitution

I. The organization of the state in the British constitution

II. The organization of the state in the constitution of the United States

III. The organization of the state within the German constitution

IV. The organization of the state in the French constitution

Book II: Individual liberty

I. The idea, the source, the content, and the guaranty of individual liberty

II. The system of individual liberty provided in the constitution of the United States

III. Civil liberty as provided in the German imperial; constitution

IV. The scientific position and the true relations of civil liberty in the constitution

Appendices

I. The constitution of the United States of America

II. Verfassung des deutschen reichs

III. Verfassungs-urkunde für den preussischen staat

IV. Lois constitutionnelles

Book III: The constitution of government

Division I: the forms of government

I. Test of governmental forms

II. The application of the tests

Division II: The constitution of the legislature

I. The construction of the legislative department of the government of the United States

II. The construction of the legislative department of the English government

III. The construction of the German imperial legislature

IV. The construction of the French legislature.

V. Comparative study of the legislative department

VI. The power of the English and French legislatures

VII. The powers of the congress of the United States

VIII the powers of the German imperial legislature

IX. Comparison of the constitutions of the United States and of the German empire upon the subject of legislative powers

Division III: the constitution of the executive

I. The crown of Great Britain

II. The duties and powers of the crown

III. The construction of the executive in the government of the United States

IV. The powers of the president

V. Construction of the executive in the German imperial constitution

VI. The powers of the emperor

VII. The construction of the executive department of the French government

IX. Comparative study of the executive

Division IV: the constitution of the judiciary

I. The organization and powers of the judciary in the constitution of the United States

II. The constitutional judiciary in the English government

III. The organization and powers of the judiciary in the German imperial constitution

IV. The organization and powers of the judiciary in the French constitution

V. Comparative study of the judiciary.

Includes index.

2 volume (xx, 337 ; xx, 404 pages)