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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... said in this book that it would very much surprise people if they were only told how many things the Queen could do without b consulting Parliament , and it certainly has so proved , INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . XXXV.
... said in this book that it would very much surprise people if they were only told how many things the Queen could do without b consulting Parliament , and it certainly has so proved , INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . XXXV.
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... Queen abolished Purchase in the Army by an act of prerogative ( after the Lords had rejected the bill for doing so ) , there was a great and general astonishment . But this is nothing to what the Queen can by law do without consulting ...
... Queen abolished Purchase in the Army by an act of prerogative ( after the Lords had rejected the bill for doing so ) , there was a great and general astonishment . But this is nothing to what the Queen can by law do without consulting ...
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... Queen . " This counsel to her so to use her prerogative would by the Judge be declared to be an act of violence ... Queen's army , and it would be done for certain . But suppose a Minister were to reduce the army or the navy much ...
... Queen . " This counsel to her so to use her prerogative would by the Judge be declared to be an act of violence ... Queen's army , and it would be done for certain . But suppose a Minister were to reduce the army or the navy much ...
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... Queen , but really the Prime Minister , has the power of dissolving the Assembly . But M. Thiers has no such power ; and therefore , under ordinary circumstances , I believe , the policy would soon become unmanageable . The result would ...
... Queen , but really the Prime Minister , has the power of dissolving the Assembly . But M. Thiers has no such power ; and therefore , under ordinary circumstances , I believe , the policy would soon become unmanageable . The result would ...
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... Queen's servants . Remnants , important remnants , of this great prerogative still remain . The discriminating favour of William IV . made Lord Melbourne head of the Whig party when he was only one of several rivals . At the death of ...
... Queen's servants . Remnants , important remnants , of this great prerogative still remain . The discriminating favour of William IV . made Lord Melbourne head of the Whig party when he was only one of several rivals . At the death of ...
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