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THE THEORY OF SOCIAL REVOLUTIONS

The first chapter of the following book was published, in substantially its present form, in the Atlantic Monthly for April, 1913. I have to thank the editor for his courtesy in assenting to my wish to reprint. The other chapters have not appeared before. I desire also to express my obligations to my learned friend, Dr. M.M. Bigelow, who, most kindly, at my request, read chapters two and three, which deal with the constitutional law, and gave me the benefit of his most valuable criticism. Further than this I have but one word to add. I have written in support. | THE THEORY OF SOCIAL REVOLUTIONS BY BROOKS ADAMS COPYRIGHT 1923 By THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY. COPYRIGHT 1913 By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. PREFATORY NOTE The first chapter of the following book was published in substantially its present form in the Atlantic Monthly for April 1913. I have to thank the editor for his courtesy in assenting to my wish to reprint. The other chapters have not appeared before. I desire also to express my obligations to my learned friend Dr. M.M. Bigelow who most kindly at my request read chapters two and three which deal with the constitutional law and gave me the benefit of his most valuable criticism. Further than this I have but one word to add. I have written in support of no political movement nor for any ephemeral purpose. I have written only to express a deep conviction which is the result of more than twenty years of study and reflection upon this subject. BROOKS ADAMS. QUINCY MASSACHUSETTS May 17 1913. CONTENTS I. THE COLLAPSE OF CAPITALISTIC GOVERNMENT II. THE LIMITATIONS OF THE JUDICIAL FUNCTION III. AMERICAN COURTS AS LEGISLATIVE CHAMBERS IV. THE SOCIAL EQUILIBRIUM V. POLITICAL COURTS VI. INFERENCES INDEX not included in this etext THE THEORY OF SOCIAL REVOLUTIONS CHAPTER I THE COLLAPSE OF CAPITALISTIC GOVERNMENT Civilization I apprehend is nearly synonymous with order. However much we may differ touching such matters as the distribution of property the domestic relations the law of inheritance and the like most of us I should suppose would agree that without order civilization as we understand it cannot exist. Now although the optimist contends that since man cannot foresee the future worry about the future is futile and that everything in the best possible of worlds is inevitably for the best I think it clear that within recent years an uneasy suspicion has come into being that the principle of authority has been dangerously impaired and that the social system if it is to cohere must be reorganized. So far as my observation .