Federal Government

280 Pages·1963·11.339 MB·English

by  K. C. Wheare

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
The Royal Institute of International Affairs is an
unofficial and non-political body, founded in 1920 to
encourage and facilitate the scientific study of inter¬
national questions.
The Institute, as such, is precluded, by its Royal
Charter, from expressing an opinion on any aspect
of international affairs. Opinions expressed in this
book are not, therefore, those of the Institute.
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
by
K. C. WHEARE f.b.a.
Rector of Exeter College, Oxford
and formerly Fellow of All Souls College and
Gladstone Professor of Government and Public
Administration in the University of Oxford
FOURTH EDITION
Issued under the auspices of the
Royal Institute of International Affairs
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
1963
Oxford University Press, Amen House, London E.C.4
GLASGOW NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE WELLINGTON
BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHI LAHORE DACCA
CAPE TOWN SALISBURY NAIROBI IBADAN ACCRA
vttai.a LUMPUR HONG KONG
New material in this edition
© Royal Institute of International Affairs
i First edition 1946
Second edition 1951
Third edition 1953
Fourth edition 1963
First issued in Oxford Paperbacks 1963
353
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Printed in Great Britain
By Cox & Wyman Ltd.
London, Fakenham and Reading
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CONTENTS
Part I
WHAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
I. THE FEDERAL PRINCIPLE 1
II. FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONS AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS 15
Part II
WHEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
APPROPRIATE
ni. SOME PREREQUISITES OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 35
Part III
HOW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD
BE ORGANIZED
IV. THE CONSTITUTION, THE COURTS AND THE LAW 53
V. CONCERNING, IN THE MAIN, POWERS AND PARTIES 75
Part IV
HOW FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORKS
VI. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ITS PUBLIC FINANCE 93
VII. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CONTROL OF ECONOMIC
AFFAIRS 120
VIII. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE SOCIAL SERVICES 145
IX. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CONTROL OF FOREIGN
RELATIONS 169
X. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE WAR POWER 189
Part V
REVIEW
XI. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: RIGID OR FLEXIBLE? 209
XII. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: TENDENCIES AND PROSPECTS 237
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY 247
TABLE OF CASES 256
INDEX 259
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