Frederic Austin Ogg.
Cambridge, Massachusetts,
January 10, 1913.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I.—GREAT BRITAIN

CHAPTER

I. The Foundations of the Constitution

  1. [The Importance of Historical Background]
  2. [Anglo-Saxon Beginnings]
  3. [The Norman-Plantagenet Period]
  4. [The Rise of Parliament]
  5. [Administrative and Judicial Development]
  6. [The Tudor Monarchy]
  7. [Parliament under the Tudors]
  8. [The Stuarts: Crown and Parliament]
  9. [The Later Stuarts: the Revolution of 1688-1689]

II. The Constitution since the Seventeenth Century

  1. [Crown and Parliament after 1789]
  2. [Rise of the Cabinet and of Political Parties]
  3. [The Scottish and Irish Unions]
  4. [The Nature and Sources of the Constitution]
  5. [The Flexibility of the Constitution]

III. The Crown and the Ministry

  1. [The Crown: Legal Status and Privileges]
  2. [The Powers of the Crown]
  3. [The Importance and Strength of the Monarchy]
  4. [Privy Council, Ministry, and Cabinet]
  5. [The Executive Departments]
  6. [The Cabinet: Composition and Character]
  7. [The Cabinet in Action]