Problems in American Democracy

by Thames Williamson

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.)