Contents

pp v-v

Acknowledgements

pp vi-vii

Introduction

pp viii-xxxix

Chronology

pp xl-xlii

Note on the Texts

pp xliii-xlv

Bibliographical Note

pp xlvi-l

Political Writings

pp 1-2

1 - The Balance of Classes (1867)

pp 3-15

2 - Democracy in Switzerland (1890)

pp 16-52

3 - Ought the Referendum to Be Introduced into England? (1890)

pp 53-80

4 - The Defence of the Union (1892)

pp 81-102

5 - The Referendum (1894)

pp 103-111

6 - Will the Form of Parliamentary Government Be Permanent? (1899)

pp 112-126

7 - The Referendum and Its Critics (1910)

pp 127-151

8 - The Parliament Act, 1911, and the Destruction of All Constitutional Safeguards (1912)

pp 152-170

9 - Development during the Last Thirty Years of New Constitutional Ideas (Extract from the Introduction to the Eighth Edition of Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution, 1915)

pp 171-209

Index

pp 210-216

Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought - Series page

pp 217-220