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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... LORDS 69 No. V. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 130 No. VI . ON CHANGES OF MINISTRY 176 No. VII . ITS SUPPOSED CHECKS AND BALANCES PAGE 219 A 2.
... LORDS 69 No. V. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 130 No. VI . ON CHANGES OF MINISTRY 176 No. VII . ITS SUPPOSED CHECKS AND BALANCES PAGE 219 A 2.
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... House of Lords to the House of Commons . As I have endeavoured in this book to explain , the literary theory of the English Constitu- tion is on this point quite wrong as usual . According to that theory , the two Houses are two ...
... House of Lords to the House of Commons . As I have endeavoured in this book to explain , the literary theory of the English Constitu- tion is on this point quite wrong as usual . According to that theory , the two Houses are two ...
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... Commons . The Reform Act of 1867 has , I think , unmistakably completed the ... House , you will not find that they are in general aristocratic names ... House of Commons is plutocratic , not aristocratic ; its most prominent ...
... Commons . The Reform Act of 1867 has , I think , unmistakably completed the ... House , you will not find that they are in general aristocratic names ... House of Commons is plutocratic , not aristocratic ; its most prominent ...
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... House of Lords yield to the Commons when and as often as our new Constitution requires that it should yield . I shall be asked , How often is that , and what is the test by which you know it ? I answer that the House of Lords must yield ...
... House of Lords yield to the Commons when and as often as our new Constitution requires that it should yield . I shall be asked , How often is that , and what is the test by which you know it ? I answer that the House of Lords must yield ...
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Walter Bagehot. the Commons once or more , and then if the Commons send it up again and again , infer that the nation is determined . But no important practical ... House of Lords ought , xxvi INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
Walter Bagehot. the Commons once or more , and then if the Commons send it up again and again , infer that the nation is determined . But no important practical ... House of Lords ought , xxvi INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
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