Footnote 391: The most important of Gneist's works in this connection are: Geschichte des self-government in England (1863); Verwaltung, Justiz, Rechtsweg (1867); Die preussische Kreis-Ordnung (1871); and Der Rechtsstaat (1872).[(Back)]
Footnote 392: Ashley, Local and Central Government, 130-132.[(Back)]
Footnote 393: For all practical purposes the city of Berlin and the district of Hohenzollern form each a province. If they be counted, the total is fourteen.[(Back)]
Footnote 394: Schulze, Das Staatsrecht des Königreichs Preussen, 63.[(Back)]
Footnote 395: Towns of twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more may, by ministerial decree, be set off as separate circles. In such circles Landtag members are chosen by the municipal officials.[(Back)]
Footnote 396: The province of Schleswig-Holstein, however, contains but a single district. The largest number of districts in a province is six, in Hanover.[(Back)]
Footnote 397: The immediate legal basis of the organization of the district is the Landesverwaltungsgesetz of 1883.[(Back)]
Footnote 398: Approximately one hundred towns have been so constituted.[(Back)]
Footnote 399: For a fuller statement of the electoral system see Lowell, Governments and Parties, I., 325.[(Back)]
Footnote 400: The Amtsbezirk is essentially a judicial district. See p. [243]. In the eastern provinces it is utilized also for purposes of police administration.[(Back)]