OF THE

AMERICAN ACADEMY

OF

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

ISSUED QUARTERLY,

WITH SUPPLEMENTS.

Vol. I.

JULY, 1890—JUNE, 1891.

Editor :
EDMUND J. JAMES.

Associate Editors :
FRANKLIN H. GIDDINGS, ROLAND P. FALKNER.

PHILADELPHIA:
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.

CONTENTS.

LEADING ARTICLES.

PAGE

ANDREWS, CHARLES M. The Origin of Connecticut Towns 165

ASHLEY, W. J. The Character of Villein Tenure . . 412

v. BOEHM-BAWERK, E. Historical vs. Deductive Political

Economy . . . . . . . . 244

v. BOEHM-BAWERK, E. The Austrian Economists. . 361

BOURINOT, JOHN G. Canada and the United States . I

CLARK, J. B. The Law of Wages and Interest . . 43

EDITORS. Instruction in Public Law and Economics in

Germany, II. · · · · · · · · 272

FALKNER, ROLAND P. Academic Instruction in Political

and Economic Science in Italy . . . . 635

GIDDINGS, FRANKLIN H. The Province of Sociology . 66

Holls, FREDERICK William. Compulsory Voting . . 586

| MOREY, WILLIAM C. The Genesis of a Written Consti-

tution . . . . . . . . . 529

PATTEN, SIMON N. The Decay of Local Government in

America . . . . . . . . . 26

PATTERSON, C. STUART. The “Original Package" Case 192 --

RITCHIE, DAVID G. On the Conception of Sovereignty. 385

ROBINSON, JAMES Harvey. Original Features in the

United States Constitution . . . . . 203

ROWE, LEO S. Instruction in Public Law and Economics

in German Universities . . . . . . 78
TAYLOR, FRED. M. The Law of Nature . . . 558
TUTTLE, CHARLES A. The Wealth Concept . . . 615