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Origin of the Anglo-Americans, and its importance in relation to their future
condition
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Reasons of certain anomalies which the laws and customs of the Anglo-
Americans present
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CHAPTER III.
Social condition of the Anglo-Americans
42
The striking characteristic of the social condition of the Anglo-Ameri-
cans is its essential Democracy
Political consequences of the social condition of the Anglo-Americans
49
CHAPTER IV.
The principle of the sovereignty of the people in America
CHAPTER V.
Necessity of examining the condition of the States before that of the Union
51
Political effects of the system of local administration in the United
States
80
CHAPTER VI.
Judicial power in the United States, and its influence on political society
Other powers granted to the American Judges
A farther difference between the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives
112
The executive power
113
Differences between the position of the President of the United States
and that of a Constitutional King of France
115
Accidental causes which may increase the influence of the Executive Go-
vernment
Why the President of the United States does not require the majority of
the two houses in order to carry on the Government
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Means of determining the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts
Different cases of jurisdiction
Procedure of the Federal Courts
145
High rank of the Supreme courts among the great powers of the State
In what respects the Federal Constitution is superior to that of the States
Characteristics which distinguish the Federal Constitution of the Unit-
ed States of America from all other Federal Constitutions
Advantages of the Federal system in general, and its special utility in
America
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Why the Federal system is not adapted to all peoples, and how the An-
glo-Americans were enabled to adopt it
161
CHAPTER IX.
Why the People may strictly be said to govern in the United States
Choice of the People, and instinctive preferences of the American De-
mocracy
Causes which may partly correct these tendencies of the Democracy
Influence which the American Democracy has exercised on the laws re-
lating to elections
Public officers under the control of the Democracy in America
Arbitrary power of Magistrates under the rule of the American Demo-
cracy
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Instability of the Administration in the United States
Charges levied by the State under the rule of the American Demo-
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Tendencies of the American Democracy as regards the salaries of pub-
lic officers
212
Difficulty of distinguishing the causes which contribute to the economy
of the American Government
215
Whether the expenditure of the United States can be compared to that
of France
216
Corruption and vices of the rulers in a Democracy, and consequent effects
upon public morality
221
What the real advantages are which American Society derives from the
Government of the Democracy
233
General tendency of the laws under the rule of the American Democra-
Activity which pervades all the branches of the body politic in the United
influence which it exercises upon Society
245
CHAPTER XV.
Unlimited power of the majority in the United States, and its conse-
quences
250
How the unlimited power of the majority increases in America, the in-
stability of legislation inherent in Democracy
253
Tyranny of the majority
255
Effects of the unlimited power of the majority upon the arbitrary author-
ity of the American public officers
258
Power exercised by the majority in America upon public opinion
259
Effects of the tyranny of the majority upon the national character of
the Americans
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The greatest dangers of the American Republics proceed from the un-
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CHAPTER XVI.
Causes which mitigate the tyranny of the majority in the United States
Absence of Central Administration
269
The Profession of the Law in the United States serves to counterpoise
the Democracy
Trial by Jury in the United States considered as a political institution
CHAPTER XVII.
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Principal causes which tend to maintain the Democratic Republic in the
United States
287
Accidental or Providential causes which contribute to the maintenance
of the Democratic Republic in the United States
Influence of the laws upon the maintenance of the Democratic Republic
in the United States
Influence of manners upon the maintenance of the Democratic Republic
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298
Religion considered as a political institution, which powerfully contri-
butes to the maintenance of the Democratic Republic among the
Americans
Indirect influence of religious opinions upon political society in the
Principal causes which render religion powerful in America
How the instruction, the habits, and the practical experience of the Ame-
ricans promote the success of their Democratic institutions
The laws contribute more to the maintenance of the Democratic Republic
in the United States than the physical circumstances of the country,
and the manners more than the laws
Whether laws and manners are sufficient to maintain Democratic insti-
tutions in other countries besides America
Importance of what precedes with respect to the State of Europe
CHAPTER XVIII.
The present and probable future condition of the three Races which inhabit
the territory of the United States
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The present and probable future condition of the Indian Tribes which
inhabit the territory possessed by the Union
Situation of the Black Population in the United States, and dangers with
which its presence threatens the Whites
What are the chances in favor of the duration of the American Union,
and what dangers threaten it
379
Of the Republican institutions of the United States, and what their
chances of duration are
414
Reflections on the causes of the commercial prosperity of the United