Constitution


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1 The difference between government by law and government by men, the nature of constitutional government.
2 The notion of a constitution.
3 The constitution as the form or organization of a political community, arrangement of offices, division of functions.
4 The constitution as the fundamental law, its relation to other laws, as a source or measure of legality or justice, judicial review.
5 The Constitution of the United States as the first federal constitution, its antecedents.
6 The relation of constitutional government to other forms of government.
7 The combination of constitutional with absolute government, the mixed regime, constitutional or limited monarchy.
8 The merits of constitutional government compared with royal government and the mixed regime.
9 The constitutional conception of political office, the qualifications and duties of public officials.
10 The diversity of constitutions among the forms of government.
11 The justice of different constitutions, the extent and character of citizenship under each.
12 The mixed constitution, its advantages.
13 The origin of constitutions, the lawgiver, the social contract, the constituent assembly.
14 The preservation of constitutions, factors tending toward their dissolution.
15 The relative stability of different types of constitutions.
16 The safeguards of constitutional government, bills of rights, separation of powers, impeachment.
17 The change of constitutions.
18 Methods of changing a constitution, revolution, amendment.
19 The violation and overthrow of constitutional government.
20 The theory of representation.
21 The functions and duties of representatives, their relation to their constituents.
22 Types of representation, diverse methods of selecting representatives.
23 The origin, growth, and vicissitudes of constitutional government.


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