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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Página xlviii
... practicality too . The House of Lords must deal with the assent to treaties as they do with the assent to laws ; they must defer to the voice of the country and the authority of the Commons xlviii INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... practicality too . The House of Lords must deal with the assent to treaties as they do with the assent to laws ; they must defer to the voice of the country and the authority of the Commons xlviii INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
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Walter Bagehot. voice of the country and the authority of the Commons even in cases where their own judgment might guide them otherwise . In very vital treaties probably , being English- men , they would be of the same mind as the rest ...
Walter Bagehot. voice of the country and the authority of the Commons even in cases where their own judgment might guide them otherwise . In very vital treaties probably , being English- men , they would be of the same mind as the rest ...
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... authority : the French peasant cares more for standing well with his present préfet than for anything else whatever ; he is far too ignorant to check and watch his Parliament , and far too timid to think of doing either , if the ...
... authority : the French peasant cares more for standing well with his present préfet than for anything else whatever ; he is far too ignorant to check and watch his Parliament , and far too timid to think of doing either , if the ...
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... authority , and then use authority ; it must first win the loyalty and confidence of mankind , and then employ that homage in the work of government . There are indeed practical men who reject the dignified parts of government . They ...
... authority , and then use authority ; it must first win the loyalty and confidence of mankind , and then employ that homage in the work of government . There are indeed practical men who reject the dignified parts of government . They ...
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... authority -the person by whom all the executive functions , then few in number , which the society requires , are either per- formed or directed . His personal ascendancy - derived from divine countenance bestowed both upon himself ...
... authority -the person by whom all the executive functions , then few in number , which the society requires , are either per- formed or directed . His personal ascendancy - derived from divine countenance bestowed both upon himself ...
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