Democracy in America

, by Tocqueville, Alexis de; Reeve, Henry

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ISBN: 9781584772491 | 1584772492
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/1/2003

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Preface by the American Editor

iii

Introduction

Exterior form of North America

(8)

Origin of the Anglo-Americans, and its importance in relation to their future condition

(19)

Reasons of certain anomalies which the laws and customs of the Anglo-Americans present

(2)

Social condition of the Anglo-Americans

(8)

The striking characteristic of the social condition of the Anglo-Americas is its essential Democracy

(7)

Political consequences of the social condition of the Anglo-Americans

(1)

The principle of the sovereignty of the people in America

(3)

Necessity of examining the condition of the States before that of the Union at large

(39)

The American system of townships and municipal bodies

(2)

Limits of the townships

(1)

Authorities of the township in New England

(3)

Existence of the township

(2)

Public spirit of the townships of New England

(2)

The counties of New England

(1)

Administration in New England

(9)

General remarks on the Administration of the United States

(4)

Of the State

(1)

Legislative power of the State

(2)

The executive power of the State

(1)

Political effects of the system of local administration in the United States

(11)

Judicial power in the United States, and its influence on political society

(7)

Other powers granted to the American Judges

(2)

Political jurisdiction in the United States

(5)

The Federal Constitution

(63)

History of the Federal Constitution

(2)

Summary of the Federal Constitution

(1)

Prerogative of the Federal Government

(2)

Federal Powers

(1)

Legislative Powers

(3)

A further difference between the Senate and the House of Representatives

(1)

The executive power

100

(2)

Differences between the position of the President of the United States and that of a Constitutional King of France

102

(3)

Accidental causes which may increase the influence of the Executive Government

105

(1)

Why the President of the United States does not require the majority of the two houses in order to carry on the Government

106

(1)

Election of the President

107

(4)

Mode of election

111

(3)

Crisis of the election

114

(2)

Re-election of the President

116

(2)

Federal Courts

118

(3)

Means of determining the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts

121

(2)

Different cases of jurisdiction

123

(4)

Procedure of the Federal Courts

127

(3)

High rank of the Supreme courts amongst the great powers of the State

130

(2)

In what respects the Federal Constitution is superior to that of the States

132

(4)

Characteristics which distinguish the Federal Constitution of the United States of America from all other Federal Constitutions

136

(3)

Advantages of the Federal system in general, and its special utility in America

139

(6)

Why the Federal system is not adapted to all peoples, and how the Anglo-Americans were enabled to adopt it

145

(8)

Why the People may strictly be said to govern in the United States

153

(1)

Parties in the United States

154

(7)

Remains of the Aristocratic party in the United States

159

(2)

Liberty of the press in the United States

161

(9)

Political associations in the United States

170

(8)

Government of the Democracy in America

178

(39)

Universal Suffrage

179

(1)

Choice of the People, and instinctive preferences of the American Democracy

179

(3)

Causes which may partly correct these tendencies of the Democracy

182

(3)

Influence which the American Democracy has exercised on the laws relating to elections

185

(2)

Public officers under the control of the Democracy in America

187

(2)

Arbitrary power of Magistrates under the rule of the American Democracy

189

(2)

Instability of the Administration in the United States

191

(2)

Charges levied by the State under the rule of the American Democracy

193

(4)

Tendencies of the American Democracy as regards the salaries of public officers

197

(2)

Difficulty of distinguishing the causes which contribute to the œconomy of the American Government

199

(1)

Whether the expenditure of the United States can be compared to that of France

200

(5)

Corruption and vices of the rulers in a Democracy, and consequent effects upon public morality

205

(2)

Efforts of which a Democracy is capable

207

(3)

Self-control of the American Democracy

210

(3)

Conduct of Foreign Affairs, by the American Democracy

213

(4)

What the real advantages are which American Society derives from the Government of the Democracy

217

(18)

General tendency of the laws under the rule of the American Democracy, and habits of those who apply them

218

(4)

Public spirit in the United States

222

(3)

Notion of rights in the United States

225

(3)

Respect for the law in the United States

228

(2)

Activity which pervades all the branches of the body politic in the United States; influence which it exercises upon Society

230

(5)

Unlimited power of the majority in the United States, and its consequences

235

(17)

How the unlimited power of the majority increases in America, the instability of legislation inherent in Democracy

238

(2)

Tyranny of the majority

240

(3)

Effects of the unlimited power of the majority upon the arbitrary authority of the American public officers

243

(1)

Power exercised by the majority in America upon public opinion

244

(3)

Effects of the tyranny of the majority upon the national character of the Americans

247

(3)

The greatest dangers of the American Republics proceed from the unlimited power of the majority

250

(2)

Causes which mitigate the tyranny of the majority in the United States

252

(16)

Absence of Central Administration

252

(1)

The Profession of the Law in the United States serves to counterpoise the Democracy

253

(8)

Trial by Jury in the United States considered as a political institution

261

(7)

Principal causes which tend to maintain the Democratic Republic in the United States

268

(44)

Accidental or Providential causes which contribute to the maintenance of the Democratic Republic in the United States

269

(10)

Influence of the laws upon the maintenance of the Democratic Republic in the United States

279

(1)

Influence of manners upon the maintenance of the Democratic Republic in the United States

280

(1)

Religion considered as a political institution, which powerfully contributes to the maintenance of the Democratic Republic amongst the Americans

281

(3)

Indirect influence of religious opinions upon political society in the United States

284

(5)

Principal causes which render religion powerful in America

289

(7)

How the instruction, the habits, and the practical experience of the Americans promote the success of their Democratic institutions

296

(4)

The laws contribute more to the maintenance of the Democratic Republic in the United States than the physical circumstances of the country, and the a manners more than the laws

300

(4)

Whether laws and manners are sufficient to maintain Democratic institutions in other countries besides America

304

(3)

Importance of what precedes with respect to the State of Europe

307

(5)

The present and probable future condition of the three Races which inhabit the territory of the United States

312

(103)

The present and probable future condition of the Indian Tribes which inhabit the territory possessed by the Union

318

(8)

Situation of the Black Population in the United States, and dangers with which its presence threatens the Whites

326

(36)

What are the chances in favor of the duration of the American Union and what dangers threaten it

362

(34)

Of the Republican institutions of the United States, and what their chances of duration are

396

(5)

Reflections on the causes of the commercial prosperity of the United States

401

(8)

Conclusion

409

(6)

Appendix

415

(26)

Notes by the American Editor

441

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