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5. Development of the law-making department. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, pages 341-342.)
6. General principles of legislative organization. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, page 343.)
7. Advantages of the bicameral system. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, page 344.)
8. The function of the legislature. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, page 357.)
9. The lobby. (Reinsch, Readings on American State Government, pages 79-84.)
10. Financial procedure in state legislatures. (Reinsch, Readings on American State Government, pages 56-61.)
11. The actual work of making a law. (Reed, Form and Functions of American Government, chapter xii.)
12. Legislative apportionments. (Reinsch, American Legislatures and Legislative Methods, chapter vii.)
13. Obstacles to intelligent law-making. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, pages 358-359.)
14. Danger of over-legislation in the United States. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, page 361.)
15. The legislative reference bureau. (Reinsch, Readings on American State Government, pages 63-73.)
16. The relation of the state legislature to local government (Gettell, Introduction to Political Science, chapter xxii.)
17. Public forces influencing legislation. (Reinsch, American Legislatures and Legislative Methods, pages 275-298.)
FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
18. Would shortening the length of the legislative session improve the character of legislation in your state?
19. Should members of the state legislature be residents of the districts from which they are chosen, or should they be chosen on a state-wide ticket?
20. Should our state legislatures be made unicameral? (See Munro, The Government of the United States, pages 416-418.)