Part 1 British parliamentarism versus US presidentialism: parliamentary government and presidential government, Douglas V. Verney; the spirit of the laws, Montesquieu; the federalist No 47 and No 48, James Madison; the federalist No 70, Alexander Hamilton; at the convention - the paucity of models, Robert A. Dahl; the English Constitution - the Cabinet, Walter Bagehot; Committee or Cabinet Government?, Woodrow Wilson; the President and Congress, Harold J. Laski; a bicentennial analysis of the American political structure (Committee on the Constitutional System); leave the Constitution alone, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Part 2 Presidentialism in Latin America: the angostura address, Simon boliver; efforts made by various Latin American countries to limit the power of the President, Harry Kantor; presidentialism in Latin America, Scott Mainwaring; the perils of presidentialism, Juan J. Linz; ideas and attempts at reforming the presidentialist system of Government in Latin America, Carlos Santiago Nono; presidentialism and parliamentarism in Brazil, Bolivar Lamounier. Part 3 Semi-presidentialism and other intermediate forms: the bayeux manifesto, Charles de Gaulle; a new political system model - semi-presidential government, Maurice Duverger; cabinet government in the United States, Woodrow Wilson; the Gaullist system in Asia - the constitution of Sri Lanka, A. Jeyaratnam Wilson; constitutional reform in Argentina (Council for the consolidation of Democracy); dual leadership in the contemporary world, Jean Blondel; report on the 1848 draft Constitution of Switzerland (Constitutional Reform Committee); a collegial executive for Uruguay, Jose Batlle y Ordonez. Part 4 Parliamentarism and Presidentialism in Africa, Asia, and Europe: report on the draft Constitution of Nigeria (Constituion Drafting Committee); for a directly elected President of India, Vasant Sathe; the case for a directly elected Prime Minister in the Netherlands, J.P.A. Gruijters; direct election of the Prime Minister (International Forum of the Israel Diaspora Institute). Part 5 Systematic evidence - broadly comparative and multivariate analyses: comparing democratic systems, Donald L. Horowitz; the centrality of political culture, Seymour Martin Lipset; the virtues of parliamentarism, Juan J. Linz; presidentialism - a problematic regime type, Fred W. Riggs; contemporary democracies - participation, stability, and violence, G. Bingham Power Jr; governing by committee - collegial leadership in advanced societies, Thomas A. Baylis.
