The Initiative Referendum And Recall In Switzerland

Author : Edwin M. Bacon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265189962
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Direct Elections and Law-Making by Popular Vote written by Edwin M. Bacon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Direct Elections and Law-Making by Popular Vote: The Initiative, the Referendum the Recall, Commission Government for Cities Preferential Voting Bibliography printed at the end of the book, from which, together with first-hand documents and correspondence, its material has been drawn, the authorities being named in footnotes. The intent is simply to bring the essential points to the at tention of citizens, that they may have a full com prehension of the nature and tendencies of the system which they are asked to substitute for the system established by the founders of the Republic. Incompleteness must of necessity characterize such a work as this covering a movement in pro gross and changing in aspects, here and there, as it bounds on. The data are brought up to the spring of 1912, when measures for the introduc tion of the devices in whole or in part are pend ing in various States. Accordingly a supplement ary edition may later be brought out revising the present issue, and bringing the text to date. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.