Democracy in America: Historical-Critical Edition, vol. 1
A new 4 volume edition of Tocqueville’s classic text De la Démocratie en Amérique. The original was published in two large volumes, the first in 1835, the second in 1840. The first volume focused primarily on political society; the second, on civil society. The online version of Liberty Fund’s edition contains only the English translation of the French critical edition. Vol. 1 contains Part I.
Democracy in America: Historical-Critical Edition of De la démocratie en Amérique, ed. Eduardo Nolla, translated from the French by James T. Schleifer. A Bilingual French-English editions, (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2010). Vol. 1.
Copyright:
This bilingual edition of Tocqueville’s work contains a new English translation of the French critical edition published in 1990. The copyright to the French version is held by J. Vrin and it is not available online. The copyright to the English translation, the translator’s note, and index is held by Liberty Fund.
People:
- Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
- Translator: James T. Schleifer
- Editor: Eduardo Nolla
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- Democracy in America: Historical-Critical Edition, 4 vols. (LF ed. 2010) (Alexis de Tocqueville)
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Table of Contents
- Contents
- Translator’s Note
- Acknowledgments
- Key Terms
- Foreword
- The Manuscripts of Tocqueville
- Some Details Concerning the Present Edition
- Abbreviations and Symbols Used in This Edition
- Note on the Manuscripts
- Acknowledgments
- Illustrations
- Editor’s Introduction
- I: Legacies
- II181: To Understand the Revolution
- DEMOCRACY IN AMERICAa (1835), Volume I]
- PART I
- Introductiona
- CHAPTER 1: Exterior Configuration of North America
- CHAPTER 2: Of the Point of Departure and Its Importance for the Future of the Anglo-Americansa
- Reasons for Some Singularities That the Laws and Customsb of the Anglo-Americans Present
- CHAPTER 3: Social State of the Anglo-Americans
- That the Salient Point of the Social State of the Anglo-Americans Is to Be Essentially Democratic
- Political Consequences of the Social State of the Anglo-Americans
- CHAPTER 4: Of the Principle of the Sovereignty of the People in America
- CHAPTER 5: Necessity of Studying What Happens in the Individual States before Speaking about the Government of the Uniona
- Of the Town System in Americac
- Town District
- Town Powers in New England
- Of Town Life
- Of Town Spirit in New England
- Of the County in New England
- Of Administration in New Englanda
- General Ideas on Administration in the United States
- Of the State
- Legislative Power of the State
- Of the Executive Power of the State
- Of the Political Effects of Administrative Decentralization in the United Statesc
- CHAPTER 6a: Of the Judicial Power in the United States and Its Action on Political Societyb
- Other Powers Granted to American Judges
- CHAPTER 7: Of Political Jurisdiction in the United StatesTN 4
- CHAPTER 8: Of the Federal Constitution
- Historical Background of the Federal Constitutiona
- Summary Picture of the Federal Constitutionj
- Attributions of the Federal Government
- Federal Powers
- Legislative Powers:r [difference between the constitution of the senate and that of the house of representatives]
- Another Difference between the Senate and the House of Representativesw
- Of Executive Power16
- How the Position of the President of the United States Differs from That of a Constitutional King in France
- Accidental Causes That Can Increase the Influence of the Executive Power
- Why the President of the United States, to Lead Public Affairs, Does Not Need to Have a Majority in the Chambers
- Of the Election of the President
- Mode of Election
- Election Crisis
- Of the Re-election of the President
- Of the Federal Courts24
- Way of Determining the JurisdictionTN 5 of the Federal Courts
- Different Cases of Jurisdiction
- The Federal Courts’ Way of Proceeding
- Elevated Rank That the Supreme Court Occupies among the Great Powers of the State
- How the Federal Constitution Is Superior to the State Constitutions
- What Distinguishes the Federal Constitution of the United States of America from All Other Federal Constitutions
- Of the Advantages of the Federal System in General, and of Its Special Utility for Americam
- What Keeps the Federal System from Being within the Reach of All Peoples; And What Has Allowed the Anglo-Americans to Adopt It