Readings in American government
By: by James K. Pollock
Publisher: H. Holt and Company
Published: 1927
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Politics and government; United States; Constitutional law
Table of contents: title: I. Establishment of the American government. 1.The Confederation and the Constitution; title: 2. The Federalist Papers; title: 3. Reasons for the ratification of the Constitution; title: II. General features of the American government; title: 4. The federal system; title: 5. Separation of powers; title: 6. Republican form of government; title: 7. Freedom of religion; title: 8. Freedom of speech; title: 9. Due process of law; title: 10. The nature of the Constitution; title: 11. The growth of the Constitution by judicial interpretation; title: III. The states and the citizens. 12. The states and the nation; title: 13. Supremacy of federal law; title: 14. Citizenship; title: 15. Privileges and immunities of state citizens; title: 16. The constitutional position of the property owner; title: IV. Political parties and politics. 17. The significance of political parties; title: 18. Invisible government; title: 19. The college man in politics; title: V. The Presidency. 20. Unity of the presidential office; title: 21. Independence of the executive; title: 22. Use of the veto power; title: 23. The president; title: VI. Foreign affairs. 24. The Secretary of State; title: 25. Washington's farewell address; title: 26. The Monroe Doctrine; title: VII. National administration. 27. Administrative reorganization; title: 28. Party and patronage; title: 29. Civil service reform; title: VIII. Organization and work of Congress. 30. The speakership; title: 31. The right of petition; title: 32. The committee system; title: 33. The Senate; title: 34. Executive powers of the Senate; title: 35. The power of the Senate; title: 36. Stages of a bill in Congress; title: XI. The powers of Congress. 37. Implied powers; title: 38. The national budget system; title: 39. The commerce power; title: 40. The police power; title: X. The judiciary. 41. The power of the courts to pass on the constitutionality of legislation; title: 42. The delays of the law; title: 43. The Supreme Court; title: XI. Conservation of natural resources. 44. Declaration of the Conference of Governors, 1908; title: XII. The Territories. 45. Status of the Territories; title: 46. The Philippine problem; title: XIII. Expansion of national activities. 47. Federal centralization; title: 48. Loccal self-government; title: XIV. General. 49. Lincoln's second inaugural; title: 50. Progressivism and social justice; title: 51. Wilson's war message; title: Index.