INDEX.
Abbeville, 115
Abolition of Inheritance, 200, 203
Academies, 27
America, 170
Amœba, 15 et seq.
Antisthenes, 132
Aristides, law of, 232
Aristocracy, 36, 90, 137, 159
—— aptitude for government, 230
—— constitution which obeys laws, 88
—— demophil, 2, 232, 233
—— education under, 190
—— and examination system, 176
—— fusion with democracy, 231-233
—— impossible without merit, 31
—— old men under, 147
—— of Parliament, 172
—— permanent senators form, 58
—— and religion, 205, 207
—— result of indirect election, 19
—— and special jurisdictions, 98
Aristophanes, 126, 150
Aristotle, 14, 16, 31, 70, 78, 85, 88, 129, 131, 134-136, 153, 208, 215, 231, 234, 235
Arrondissement, 44
—— scrutin d', 83
Atheism, 207, 208
Athens, 17, 31, 37, 83, 113, 149, 163, 226, 232
Augier, 213
Austria, 49
Barthélemy, Abbé, 157
Barthou, M., 9, 118
Belgium, 170
Bismarck, 209
Bonald, 201
Brunetière, 188
Busiris, 115
Calas, 115
Carnot, 93
Carthage, 16, 231
Caucus, 6
Chamber of Deputies, 44, 118, 172-174
Charlemagne, 149
Charondas, 87
Church, the, 98, 206
Cicero, 70
—— de Senectute, 149
Civility, 156 et seq
Civil Service, the, appointments to, 45-51
—— examinations for, 176 et seq.
Clergy, the, 169
Code, the, 75, 76, 163
Colbert, 43
Collectivism, 200-203
Communism, 200
Compétence par collation, 19, 22
Competitive examination, 175 et seq.
Conciliation Boards, 97
Concordat, 206
Constitution of 1873, 57
—— mixed, 231
Co-optation, 176
Cour de Cassation, 57, 101, 108, 176
Court of Appeal, 57, 107
Courts, ecclesiastical, 98
—— martial, 98
Criminal procedure, 83
—— jurisdiction, 99
Dandin, 184
Dandino-mania, 184
Decadence, 222, 223
Decrees, 84, 91, 208, 209
Demagogues, 85, 191, 213
Democracy, Aristotle on, 129-136
—— Athenian, 17
—— children under, 142-146
—— and direct government, 37 et seq.
Democracy, encouragement of incompetence under, 30, 92, 126
—— English, 170
—— evolution of a modern, 18 et seq.
—— fusion with aristocracy, 231-235
—— governed by decrees, 34, 91
—— and imperative mandate, 32
—— lack of respect under, 158-161
—— legislation under, 66, 79-81
—— magistrature, 110-122
—— Montesquieu on, 137-139
—— morality under, 139
—— Nietzsche on, 220-226
—— old men under, 146-153
—— Plato on, 127-129
—— and politicians, 34, 36
—— position of women under, 140-142
—— principle of, 14, 15
—— and private enterprise, 59-61
—— and reform, 216-219
—— Rousseau on, 136, 137
—— and schoolmasters, 191-215
—— and socialism, 61-65
—— and special jurisdictions, 98, 99
Demos, 56, 86
Demosthenes, 82
Deputy, 55, 174
—— mayors, 119
Despotism, principle of, 12
—— tendency of democracy towards, 62, 65, 96
D'Etalonde, 115
Diderot, 207
Division of labour, 15
—— —— in domestic life, 141
Divorce, 125
Germans, 67
Gerontocracy, 146, 153
Gladstone, Mr., 3, 5
Goncourt, 201
Greece, 222, 226
Greeks, 71, 73, 87
Greek philosophers, 126
Holbach, 207
Homer, 56
Horace, 152
Hugo, Victor, 209
Ideal legislator, the, 79
Imperative mandate, 32, 33
Indirect election, 19
Inequalities, artificial and natural, 30
Interpellation, 83
Italy, 170
Japy, Mme., 114
Jesuits in Paraguay, 62
Joannès, Baron, 68
Judges, appointment of, 46, 100-112
—— interpretation of the law, 163
Juge de paix, 111, 116 et seq.
Jurisdiction, criminal, 99
—— ecclesiastical, 97
—— military, 97
—— seignorial, 97
Jury, the 112-115, 168, 169
Kant, 153
La Barre, 115
Lacedæmon, 150, 231
Law, abolishing primogeniture, 124
—— abuse of, 110
—— of competence, 97
—— and decrees, 84-91
—— degree in, 116
—— doctors of, 108
—— ecclesiastical, 125
—— emergency, 82-89
—— fundamental, 89
—— governs men, 121
—— of July 12th, 1905, 117
—— made by the ideal legislator, 67-74
—— made by the people, 17, 18, 25, 40, 194-196, 234
—— must be ancient and unchanged, 77-79
—— not the same for rich and poor, 199
—— permitting divorce, 125
—— of proportion, 14
—— questions of, 113, 162
—— of Sunday observance, 75, 76
—— and tradition, 230
Legal profession, the, 60
Legislation, ancient, 87
—— English, 2, 4
—— party, 81-82
—— philanthropic, 6
—— predatory, 8
—— requires special knowledge, 18, 67
Legislator, essential qualifications for, 66-81
—— Greek, 73
Lestranger, M. Marcel, 164, 166
Liberty of association, 194, 196
Louis XIV, 21, 22, 150, 195, 204, 209
—— XV, 150
—— XVI, 133
Louvois, 43
Lycurgus, 2, 73, 87
Lynching, 168, 169
Machiavel, 71
Machiavelian counsel, 234
Magistracy, hereditary system advocated for, 105, 163, 168
Magistrates, election of, 48, 100-112
—— incompetence of, 164-168
—— subservience to government, 163
Mayors, 117
Medical examinations, 180
—— profession, 60
Mill, John Stuart, 230
Minister of Agriculture, 94
—— of Commerce, 92
—— of Education, 92, 211
Minister of Interior, 211
—— of Justice, 76, 118-120
—— of Navy, 92
—— of War, 92, 93
Miscarriage of justice, 165
Monarchy, old men under, 147
—— principle of, 12, 62, 96
Montesquieu, 4, 12, 14, 28, 37, 44-47, 66-70, 74-89, 103-105, 123, 137, 138, 150-156, 193, 227, 232
Moral effect of law, 125
—— order, 217
Morals, high standard of, 150
—— laxity of, 155
—— private, 139, 140
—— public, 123, 124, 139
More, Thomas, 71
Moses, 67, 209
Napoleon, 13, 105, 209
Nationalisation, 60
Nietzsche, 147, 187, 220-225
Oligarchy, 63, 128, 147
Olympiad, 87
Ostracism, 133
Paraguay, 62
Parental authority, 143
Parliament, 172
Party system under Socialism, 61
Pascal, 107, 157
Patriotism, 12, 214
Peel, Sir R., 3
Periander, 132
Peter the Great, 124
Phædo, personification of laws in, 87
Plato, 71, 105, 126-129, 138, 140, 153
Plautus, 150
Plebiscite, 24, 173
Pli Professionnel, Le, 164
Pnyx, the, 37
Politeness, 156 et seq.
Politician, definition of, 34
—— democracy's need of, 35, 51
—— as schoolmaster, 212
Préfet, 62-55, 173, 212
President of the Chamber, 110
—— of the Council, 93
—— of the Republic, 42, 57
Primogeniture, 124
Procureur-général, 52, 53, 119-122
Proudhon, 73
Public officials, appointment of, 43-51
—— under Socialism, 201
Purchase system, the, 103
Quinet, Edgar, 13
Rabelais, 115
Republic, 12, 13, 73
Renaissance, 149
Renan, 223
Renouvier, 50
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 22
Rhédi, 78
Robespierre, 207, 208
Roman Republic, 13, 113, 204, 233
Romans, the, 68, 87, 232
Rome, 124, 149, 222, 226, 232-234
Rousseau, 32, 72, 136-138, 149, 150, 207, 208
Royalty, 137, 236
—— democratic, 18
St. Cyr, 177
St. Louis, 74
Schopenhauer, 224
Scrutin de liste, 83, 112, and note
—— d'arrondissement, 83
Senate, 38, 58, 117, 118, 172-175
Senators, 55, 172-175
—— irremovable, 57
Seneca, 129
Socialism, 61-65, 231
Socrates, 18, 88
—— on democracy, 144
Solon, 67, 73
Sovereignty of the People, 40, 45, 56, 177, 194-198, 204-209, 214
Specialisation of functions, 15-18, 31
Special jurisdictions, 97, 98
State control of children, 144
—— —— of magistrates, 100,101
—— —— of private enterprise, 60-61
—— danger of eminent man to, 131-137
—— intervention to restore public morality, 217-219
State policy, 110
—— services rendered to, 230
—— within a State, 196
Steinheil case, 114
Suidas, 103, 105
Sunday observance, 75
Sylla, 73
Synergy, 235, 236
Terence, 150
Thrasybulus, 132
Toulouse, 115
Tyranny, 135
Universal suffrage, 21, 173-175
University degrees, 20, 181-183
Upper chamber, suggestions for strong, 174
Usbek, 78
Virtue, civic, 14, 103, 104
—— the principle of a republic, 12, 13
Voltaire, 103-105, 116
Women, their position in a democracy, 140-143
Xenophon, 126, 233
Young man, Horace's description of, 152