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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... Sir George Lewis , perhaps the best selective administrator of our time . But the House of Commons would not let the Commission alone . For a long time it was defended because the Whigs had made the Commission , and felt bound as a ...
... Sir George Lewis , perhaps the best selective administrator of our time . But the House of Commons would not let the Commission alone . For a long time it was defended because the Whigs had made the Commission , and felt bound as a ...
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... Sir George Lewis and Mr. Chadwick could not maintain an outlying department in the face of Parliament , how unlikely that an inferior com- pound of discretion and activity will ever maintain it ! These reasonings show why a changing ...
... Sir George Lewis and Mr. Chadwick could not maintain an outlying department in the face of Parliament , how unlikely that an inferior com- pound of discretion and activity will ever maintain it ! These reasonings show why a changing ...
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... Sir , explain to me how this regulation con- duces to the end in view ... Sir , that the reason of this formality is extinct ? When we were building ... George Lewis used to be fond of explaining this subject . He had every means ...
... Sir , explain to me how this regulation con- duces to the end in view ... Sir , that the reason of this formality is extinct ? When we were building ... George Lewis used to be fond of explaining this subject . He had every means ...
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... Sir George Lewis was a perfect Parliamentary head of an office , so far as that head is to be a keen critic and rational corrector of it . But Sir George Lewis was not perfect : he was not even an average good head in another respect ...
... Sir George Lewis was a perfect Parliamentary head of an office , so far as that head is to be a keen critic and rational corrector of it . But Sir George Lewis was not perfect : he was not even an average good head in another respect ...
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... Sir George Lewis , who was Secretary for War three years since ; and the confused details are endless , as they must be in a chronic contention of offices . At the Board of Trade there is only the hypo- thesis of a Board ; it has long ...
... Sir George Lewis , who was Secretary for War three years since ; and the confused details are endless , as they must be in a chronic contention of offices . At the Board of Trade there is only the hypo- thesis of a Board ; it has long ...
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