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 xvii
... duty . They have to guide the new voters in the exercise of the franchise ; to guide them quietly , and without saying what they are doing , but still to guide them . The leading statesmen in a free country have great momentary power ...
... duty . They have to guide the new voters in the exercise of the franchise ; to guide them quietly , and without saying what they are doing , but still to guide them . The leading statesmen in a free country have great momentary power ...
Página xxxiv
... duty they might lose it , but only at such a call . And it does not take a clever man to see that systematic opposition of the Commons is the only thing which can endanger the Lords , or which will make an individual peer cease to be a ...
... duty they might lose it , but only at such a call . And it does not take a clever man to see that systematic opposition of the Commons is the only thing which can endanger the Lords , or which will make an individual peer cease to be a ...
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... in main- taining this great surplus and in paying this high taxation she would be doing herself great harm . She is not per- forming a great duty , but perpetrating a great injustice lxii INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... in main- taining this great surplus and in paying this high taxation she would be doing herself great harm . She is not per- forming a great duty , but perpetrating a great injustice lxii INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
Página lxiii
Walter Bagehot. forming a great duty , but perpetrating a great injustice . She is injuring posterity by crippling ... duties are necessary , and it would be all but impossible to impose equal excise duties even if the Americans desired ...
Walter Bagehot. forming a great duty , but perpetrating a great injustice . She is injuring posterity by crippling ... duties are necessary , and it would be all but impossible to impose equal excise duties even if the Americans desired ...
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... duties . Indeed the Peers , who constitute a large element in modern cabinets , are members , now - a - days , only of a subordinate assembly . The House of Lords still exercises several useful func- tions ; but the ruling influence ...
... duties . Indeed the Peers , who constitute a large element in modern cabinets , are members , now - a - days , only of a subordinate assembly . The House of Lords still exercises several useful func- tions ; but the ruling influence ...
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