A Comparative View of the Constitutions of Great Britain and the United States of America

In six lectures Aiken compares the constitutions of Great Britain and the United States and also examines their similarities and differences in terms of government (The House of Commons and the House of Representatives the Senate and the House of Lords) religion slavery elections the judiciary and other topics. The authors design was to compare our limited monarchy with the greatest modern republic not in order to disparage either but to elucidate both to a popular audience of his countrymen (...) The subject has an intrinsic claim to attention. It embraces a variety of topics both entertaining and important and historical truths of immense practical value concerning which the people are deeply interested and too often misled. --Preface viii