THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SWITZERLAND.
By Bernard Moses
By BERNARD MOSES, PH. D.,
Professor of History and Political Economy, University of California. "Professor Moses makes his account of government in Switzerland a study of what might be called comparative politics. He discusses the antecedents of Swiss federalism, the distribution of power, the characteristics of the legislature, the executive and the judiciary, has chapters on foreign and internal relations, sketches the military status and the condition of the finances, analyzes the rights and privileges reserved under the Swiss constitution, and concludes with an interesting chapter on the common prosperity. Painstaking and elaborate in method, written from abundant knowledge, and animated by a truly philosophical spirit, this book of Professor Moses is an excellent example of what American historians are now accomplishing in all the various fields of contemporary research."—Boston Beacon. "The introduction, which may be read in ten minutes, gives one of the clearest and best explanations of what the Swiss federation now is and how it happened to be what it is, that could possibly be condensed into as many pages. . . . The body of the work is both interesting and valuable in its analytical view of the history and the constitution of Switzerland, and the book is well worthy the attention of all students—especially of the students of Republican America."—Detroit Free Press. "Those who desire to find a clear, concise statement of the political condition of the Swiss people cannot find a better volume than this of Professor Moses. It goes straight to its work without circumlocution."—Chicago Inter-Ocean. "Professor Moses has rendered a most important service to the cause of scientific historical study in his clear and philosophical essay on the 'Federal Government of Switzerland.'"—Boston Evening Traveler. "It is scholarly, thoughtful and thorough. Its political philosophy is of the soundest. These things constitute the book one of special value."—New York Examiner. "A book that will appeal with especial force to the student of history."—Boston Commonwealth. "It is a valuable work for students of constitutional law and for all readers interested in the science of government."—Indianapolis Journal. "An interesting volume. . . . It will be found of great value to the student of history and of political economy, not only because its well-written pages serve to make the reader familiar with the constitutional history of Switzerland, but because the 'essay' in its careful comparison of other governments—notably republican or popular, like the United States and Great Britain—supplies much needed illustration and elucidation of governmental methods."—Boston Globe. "Professor Moses goes at his labor with the zeal and analytical interest of the practical economist. . . . Yet more valuable than the author's analysis of government is the philosophic vein which runs through the pages. This draws equally from American and foreign constitutional history to illustrate or fortify the writer's statements."—Utica Herald. "Dr. Moses writes with critical care and has produced a work of much value."—Magazine of American History. "Dr. Moses has apparently studied the Swiss constitution only in books and documents, but he has studied his documents thoroughly. . . . The puzzles of legal and political sovereignty, in which writers of great reputation have been brought to confusion ere now, have no terrors for him. He takes the point quite straightforwardly and correctly: 'Since the Swiss constitution is the fundamental law of the State, its makers are recognized as the legal sovereign in Switzerland.' . . . Those who are, or who have been, compelled to use Austin's lectures, either as learners or as teachers, may well wish that he had been as clear-headed as Professor Moses when he attempted to make the Constitution of the United States fit into his theory."—Saturday Review (London). 12mo Cloth, $1.50. Sent post-paid on receipt of price. Address all orders to PACIFIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO., OAKLAND, CAL. Or, 43 Bond Street, New York.