L SYSTEM--THE CANTONS
1. The Confederation and Its Constitutions 405
2. The Nation and the States 411
3. Cantonal Legislation: the Referendum and the Initiative 416
4. The Cantonal Executive and Judiciary 421

XXIII. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
1. The Executive 423
2. Legislation: the Federal Assembly 426
3. Legislation: the Referendum and the Initiative 430
4. Political Parties 434
5. The Judiciary 437

PART VI.--AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

XXIV. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY PRIOR TO THE AUSGLEICH
1. Austrian Political Development to 1815 442
2. Hungarian Political Development to 1815 445
3. The Era of Metternich 450
4. The Revolution of 1848 453
5. The Revival of Constitutionalism: the Ausgleich 456

XXV. THE GOVERNMENT AND PARTIES OF AUSTRIA
1. The Constitution 460
2. The Crown and the Ministry 463
3. The Reichsrath--the Electoral System 465
4. Political Parties 474
5. The Judiciary and Local Government 483

XXVI. THE GOVERNMENT AND PARTIES OF HUNGARY (p. xiii)
1. The Constitution 489
2. The Crown and the Ministry 491
3. Parliament--the Electoral System 492
4. Political Parties 500
5. The Judiciary and Local Government 505

XXVII. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY: THE JOINT GOVERNMENT
1. The Common Organs of Government 510
2. The Territories of Bosnia and Herzegovina 514

PART VII.--THE LOW COUNTRIES

XXVIII. THE GOVERNMENT OF HOLLAND
1. A Century of Political Development 517
2. The Crown and the Ministry 523
3. The States-General and Political Parties 525
4. Th