Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

7. Origin and development of Parliament. (White, The Making of the English Constitution, pages 298-322.)

8. Origin and development of the English judiciary. (White, The Making of the English Constitution, pages 122-252.)

9. Historical evolution of democracy. (Bryce, Modern Democracies, vol. 1, chapter iv.)

10. Theoretical basis of democracy. (Bryce, Modern Democracies, vol. 1, chapter v.)

11. Difficulty of defining the term "democracy." (Bryce, Modern Democracies, vol. 1, chapter iii.)

12. American political theory before the Revolution. (Beard, Readings in American Government and Politics, pages 14-16.)

13. Contributions of the West to American Democracy. (Turner, The Frontier in American History, chapter ix.)

14. Development of the General Court in Massachusetts. (Osgood, The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, vol. i, pages 141-166.)

15. A Boston town meeting. (Beard, Readings in American Government and Politics, pages 11-13.)

16. Local government in Virginia. (Bruce, Economic History of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, vol. ii, chapter xx. Beard, Readings in American Government and Politics, pages 13-14.)