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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 18
Página lxiv
... Parlia- mentary Government is mixed ; one of the defects of Parliamentary Government probably is the difficulty under it of maintaining a surplus revenue to discharge debt , and this defect Presidential Government escapes , though at ...
... Parlia- mentary Government is mixed ; one of the defects of Parliamentary Government probably is the difficulty under it of maintaining a surplus revenue to discharge debt , and this defect Presidential Government escapes , though at ...
Página 46
... Parlia- ment are envied by thousands merely for this frivolous glory , as a thinker calls it . If the highest post in con- spicuous life were thrown open to public competition , this low sort of ambition and envy would be fearfully in ...
... Parlia- ment are envied by thousands merely for this frivolous glory , as a thinker calls it . If the highest post in con- spicuous life were thrown open to public competition , this low sort of ambition and envy would be fearfully in ...
Página 62
... parlia- ment might do in appearance what our parliament does in reality , viz . , appoint a premier . But I prefer to select the simplest of all modes . We shall then see the bare skeleton of this polity , perceive in what it differs ...
... parlia- ment might do in appearance what our parliament does in reality , viz . , appoint a premier . But I prefer to select the simplest of all modes . We shall then see the bare skeleton of this polity , perceive in what it differs ...
Página 63
... parlia- ment . Mutatis mutandis , subject to the differences now to be investigated , what goes on now would go on then . The premier then , as now , must resign upon a vote of want of confidence , but the volition of parliament would ...
... parlia- ment . Mutatis mutandis , subject to the differences now to be investigated , what goes on now would go on then . The premier then , as now , must resign upon a vote of want of confidence , but the volition of parliament would ...
Página 111
... Parlia- ment ; he will certainly say , " I would have dismissed my attorney if he had done my business as the legislature has done the nation's business . " While the House of Commons is what it is , a good revising , regulating , and ...
... Parlia- ment ; he will certainly say , " I would have dismissed my attorney if he had done my business as the legislature has done the nation's business . " While the House of Commons is what it is , a good revising , regulating , and ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
administration American arguments aristocracy assembly authority better Bill cabinet government chamber choose committee consti constitutional monarch critical Crown defect despotic difficulty discussion duty eager educated effect elected electors England English Constitution evil executive Executive Government fact feeling foreign function George George III give greatest head hereditary House of Commons House of Lords House of Peers imagine influence interest judgment king lative leader legislation legislature liament look Lord Palmerston majority matter ment mind minister ministry monarch nation nature never opinion organisation Parlia Parliament parliamentary government party peculiar peers perhaps persons plutocracy political popular premier present President presidential government presidential system principle Queen questions royalty rule rulers Sir George Lewis society sort sovereign speak statesmen sure theory things thought tion Tory treaty truth vote Whig whole wish