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Author Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1805-1859.

Title Democracy in America. Volume 1 / Alexis de Tocqueville.

Publication Info. New York : SNOVA, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series American political, economic and security issues
American political, economic, and security issues.
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
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject United States -- Politics and government.
United States.
Politics and government.
United States -- Social conditions.
Social conditions.
Democracy.
Democracy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9781536152975 (electronic book)
1536152978 (electronic book)
9781536152968