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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... lative authorities were united and fixed ; no one can assert such union to be the incommunicable attribute of a Constitutional Monarchy . But , unfortunately , we can as yet only infer from this experiment that such a constitution is ...
... lative authorities were united and fixed ; no one can assert such union to be the incommunicable attribute of a Constitutional Monarchy . But , unfortunately , we can as yet only infer from this experiment that such a constitution is ...
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... lative part of the state to the executive part of the state . In its origin it belongs to the one , in its functions it belongs to the other . The most curious point about the cabinet is that so very little is known about it . The ...
... lative part of the state to the executive part of the state . In its origin it belongs to the one , in its functions it belongs to the other . The most curious point about the cabinet is that so very little is known about it . The ...
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... lative assembly , is a 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 ...
... lative assembly , is a 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 ...
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... lative power , it may seem a contradiction to say that it also weakens the executive power . But it is not a con- tradiction . The division weakens the whole aggregate force of government — the entire imperial power ; and therefore it ...
... lative power , it may seem a contradiction to say that it also weakens the executive power . But it is not a con- tradiction . The division weakens the whole aggregate force of government — the entire imperial power ; and therefore it ...
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... lative power in different cases : first , Congress and the President when they agree ; next , the President when he effectually exerts his power ; then the requisite two - thirds of Congress when they overrule the President . And the ...
... lative power in different cases : first , Congress and the President when they agree ; next , the President when he effectually exerts his power ; then the requisite two - thirds of Congress when they overrule the President . And the ...
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