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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... Executive and the Legis- lative authorities were united and fixed ; no one can assert such union to be the ... Government ; which has possibly a peculiar inaptitude for it . In the last but one of these essays I have tried to describe one of ...
... Executive and the Legis- lative authorities were united and fixed ; no one can assert such union to be the ... Government ; which has possibly a peculiar inaptitude for it . In the last but one of these essays I have tried to describe one of ...
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... government that they should be ) on terms of close union , were not on terms ... branch of the legislature— the House of Representatives — as a body ... executive were so tied together , that the legislature tried INTRODUCTION TO ...
... government that they should be ) on terms of close union , were not on terms ... branch of the legislature— the House of Representatives — as a body ... executive were so tied together , that the legislature tried INTRODUCTION TO ...
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... executive to keep a surplus of this magnitude . In England , after the French war , the Government of that day , which had brought it to a happy end , which had the glory of Waterloo , which was in consequence exceedingly strong , which ...
... executive to keep a surplus of this magnitude . In England , after the French war , the Government of that day , which had brought it to a happy end , which had the glory of Waterloo , which was in consequence exceedingly strong , which ...
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... government that has yet been tried ; and it contains likewise histori- cal , complex , august , theatrical parts ... executive and legislative powers . No doubt by the traditional theory , as it exists in all the books , the ...
... government that has yet been tried ; and it contains likewise histori- cal , complex , august , theatrical parts ... executive and legislative powers . No doubt by the traditional theory , as it exists in all the books , the ...
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... executive powers is the specific quality of Presidential Government , just as their fusion and combination is the precise principle of Cabinet Government . First , compare the two in quiet times . The essence of a civilised age is ...
... executive powers is the specific quality of Presidential Government , just as their fusion and combination is the precise principle of Cabinet Government . First , compare the two in quiet times . The essence of a civilised age is ...
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