The English ConstitutionH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 291 páginas A classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government. |
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... American forest : you have only to cut down the old trees , and immediately new trees come up to replace them ; the seeds were waiting in the ground , and they began to grow as soon as the withdrawal of the old ones brought in light and ...
... American forest : you have only to cut down the old trees , and immediately new trees come up to replace them ; the seeds were waiting in the ground , and they began to grow as soon as the withdrawal of the old ones brought in light and ...
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... Americans call it , on which they and those asso- ciated with them are to take their stand for the political campaign . It is by that programme , by a comparison of the programmes of different statesmen , that the world forms its ...
... Americans call it , on which they and those asso- ciated with them are to take their stand for the political campaign . It is by that programme , by a comparison of the programmes of different statesmen , that the world forms its ...
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... American Senate should be " in secret session , " and that no report should be published of it . But I should , for my own part , be rather disposed to risk a public debate . Despotic nations now cannot understand England ; it is to ...
... American Senate should be " in secret session , " and that no report should be published of it . But I should , for my own part , be rather disposed to risk a public debate . Despotic nations now cannot understand England ; it is to ...
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... American constitution , in comparison with the English ; and as to the American constitution we have had a whole world of experience since I first wrote . My great object was to contrast the office of President as an executive officer ...
... American constitution , in comparison with the English ; and as to the American constitution we have had a whole world of experience since I first wrote . My great object was to contrast the office of President as an executive officer ...
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... America , the most law - loving of countries , it went as far as possible within the law . Mr. Johnson ... American Constitution , as a Constitution , as that incident . A hostile legislature and a hostile executive were so ...
... America , the most law - loving of countries , it went as far as possible within the law . Mr. Johnson ... American Constitution , as a Constitution , as that incident . A hostile legislature and a hostile executive were so ...
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