Internal police of these local associations. Importance of the county-courts; their composition and attributes. Complex origin of the Jury. Central institutions of the Anglo-Saxons. The Wittenagemot; its composition, and the principle on which it was based. Increasing preponderance of the large landowners in the Anglo-Saxon monarchy. Lecture V.--Page 49 The Wittenagemot; its business and power. Method of its convocation. Vicissitudes of its character and importance. The kingly office among the Anglo-Saxons. Extent and progress of the royal power. Lecture VI.--Page 55 The true principle of representative government. Error of classifying governments according to their external forms. Montesquieu's error with respect to the origin of the representative system. Necessary correlation and simultaneous formation of society and government. Rousseau's mistaken hypothesis of the social contract. The nature of rightful sovereignty. Confused and contradictory ideas entertained on this subject. Societies, as individuals, possess the right of being placed under laws of justice and reason. Governments ought to be continually reminded of their obligation to inquire into and conform to these laws. Classification of governments on this principle. Lecture VII.--Page 65 Comparison of the principles of different governments with the true principle of representative government. Aristocratic governments. Origin and history of the word _aristocracy_. Principle of this form of government; its consequences. How the principle of representative government enters into aristocratic governments. Democratic governments. Origin and consequences of the principle of the sovereignty of the people. This principle not identical with that of representative government. In what sense representative government is the government of the majority. {xi} Lecture VIII.--Page 76 The forms of a government are related to its principle, but are swayed by circumstances, and vary according to different degrees of civilization. What are the forms essential to a representative government? 1st. Division of powers; why absolutely essential to the principle of representative government; 2nd. Election; 3rd. Publicity. Lecture IX.--Page 82 Primitive institutions of the Franks. Sketch of the history of the Frankish monarchy. The Franks in Germany. Their settlement in Belgium and in Gaul. Character and authority of their chiefs after their establishment in the Roman Empire. Early Frankish chieftains. Clovis: his expeditions, wars, and conquests. Decisive preponderance of the Franks in Gaul. Lecture X.--Page 86 Division of territory among the sons of the Frankish kings. Rapid formation and disappearance of several Frank kingdoms.