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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... Prime Minis- ter and in the Cabinet - that is in the hands of a com- mittee appointed by Parliament , and of the chairman of that committee . Now , beforehand , no one would INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . xxxix.
... Prime Minis- ter and in the Cabinet - that is in the hands of a com- mittee appointed by Parliament , and of the chairman of that committee . Now , beforehand , no one would INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . xxxix.
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Walter Bagehot. that committee . Now , beforehand , no one would have ventured to suggest that a committee of Parliament on Foreign relations should be able to commit the country to the greatest international obligations without ...
Walter Bagehot. that committee . Now , beforehand , no one would have ventured to suggest that a committee of Parliament on Foreign relations should be able to commit the country to the greatest international obligations without ...
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... committee of the legislative body selected to be the executive body . The legislature has many com- mittees , but this is its greatest . It chooses for this , its main committee , the men in whom it has most confidence . It does not ...
... committee of the legislative body selected to be the executive body . The legislature has many com- mittees , but this is its greatest . It chooses for this , its main committee , the men in whom it has most confidence . It does not ...
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... committee which unites the law - making power to the law - executing power - which , by virtue of that combination , is , while it lasts and holds together , the most powerful body in the state is a committee wholly secret . No ...
... committee which unites the law - making power to the law - executing power - which , by virtue of that combination , is , while it lasts and holds together , the most powerful body in the state is a committee wholly secret . No ...
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... committee with a power which no assembly would - unless for historical accidents , and after happy experience - have been persuaded to entrust to any committee . It is a committee which can dissolve the assembly which appointed it ; it ...
... committee with a power which no assembly would - unless for historical accidents , and after happy experience - have been persuaded to entrust to any committee . It is a committee which can dissolve the assembly which appointed it ; it ...
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