Modern political institutions.
Publisher: Little
Published: 1898
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
Subjects: Arbitration, International; Corporations; Criminal procedure; Crime and criminals; Monroe Doctrine; Law; State constitutions; Law -- United States.; United States -- Politics and government
Table of contents: title: The centenary of modern government.  The first century's changes in our state constitutions.  Absolute power, an American institution.  The exemption of the accused from examination in criminal proceedings. Freedom of incorporation.  American jurisprudence.  The decadence of the legal fiction.  The recognition of habitual criminals as a class to be treated by itself.  The defence by the state of souls attacking testamentary charities.  Salaries for members of the legislature. Permanent courts of international arbitration.  The Monroe doctrine in 1898.