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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... electors did not analyze very much they liked to have one of their " betters " to represent them ; if he was rich , they respected him much ; and if he was a lord , they liked him the better . The issue put before these electors was ...
... electors did not analyze very much they liked to have one of their " betters " to represent them ; if he was rich , they respected him much ; and if he was a lord , they liked him the better . The issue put before these electors was ...
Página xii
... electors to their betters was the only way in which our old system could be maintained . doubt countries can be imagined in which the mass of the electors would be thoroughly competent to form good opinions ; approximations to that ...
... electors to their betters was the only way in which our old system could be maintained . doubt countries can be imagined in which the mass of the electors would be thoroughly competent to form good opinions ; approximations to that ...
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... electors take too much interest . They only elect a deputy to vote for Mr. Lincoln or Mr. Breckenridge , and the deputy only takes a ticket , and drops that ticket in an urn . He never chooses or thinks of choosing . He is but a mes ...
... electors take too much interest . They only elect a deputy to vote for Mr. Lincoln or Mr. Breckenridge , and the deputy only takes a ticket , and drops that ticket in an urn . He never chooses or thinks of choosing . He is but a mes ...
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... elector in Sièyes ' constitu- tion , which was an office copied , and M. Thiers says , well copied , from constitutional monarchy . But such objec- tions are wholly wrong . No doubt it was absurd enough in the Abbé Sièyes to propose ...
... elector in Sièyes ' constitu- tion , which was an office copied , and M. Thiers says , well copied , from constitutional monarchy . But such objec- tions are wholly wrong . No doubt it was absurd enough in the Abbé Sièyes to propose ...
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... elector . But the introduc- tion of such an officer into such a colony would in fact be the voluntary erection of an artificial encumbrance to it . He would inevitably be a party man . The most dignified post in the State must be an ...
... elector . But the introduc- tion of such an officer into such a colony would in fact be the voluntary erection of an artificial encumbrance to it . He would inevitably be a party man . The most dignified post in the State must be an ...
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