The Cult of Incompetence

The Cult of Incompetence (1913)
by Auguste Émile Faguet, translated by Beatrice Barstow

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THE CULT OF
INCOMPETENCE

By EMILE FAGUET
Of the French Academy

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY

BEATRICE BARSTOW

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

THOMAS MACKAY

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
1913

CONTENTS.

		PAGE
INTRODUCTION		1
CHAPTER
I.	THE PRINCIPLES OF FORMS OF GOVERNMENT	12
II.	CONFUSION OF FUNCTIONS	37
III.	THE REFUGES OF EFFICIENCY	59
IV.	THE COMPETENT LEGISLATOR	66
V.	LAWS UNDER DEMOCRACY	82
VI.	THE INCOMPETENCE OF GOVERNMENT	92
VII.	JUDICIAL INCOMPETENCE	96
VIII.	EXAMPLES OF INCOMPETENCE	123
IX.	MANNERS	156
X.	PROFESSIONAL CUSTOMS	162
XI.	ATTEMPTED REMEDIES	172
XII.	THE DREAM	216
	INDEX	237

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