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 xxxvi
... one ancient and coarse , the other modern and delicate . The first is the check of impeachment . Any Minister who advised the Queen so to A use her prerogative as to endanger the safety of the xxxvi INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... one ancient and coarse , the other modern and delicate . The first is the check of impeachment . Any Minister who advised the Queen so to A use her prerogative as to endanger the safety of the xxxvi INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
Página xxxvii
... Minister would , in our technical law , be said to have levied , or aided to levy , " war against the Queen . " This ... Minister who disbanded the Queen's army , and it would be done for certain . But suppose a Minister were to ...
... Minister would , in our technical law , be said to have levied , or aided to levy , " war against the Queen . " This ... Minister who disbanded the Queen's army , and it would be done for certain . But suppose a Minister were to ...
Página xxxviii
... Minister looks long before he incurs that penalty , and no one incurs it wantonly . But , nevertheless , there are two defects in it . The first is that it may not be a remedy at all ; it may be only a punishment . A Minister may risk ...
... Minister looks long before he incurs that penalty , and no one incurs it wantonly . But , nevertheless , there are two defects in it . The first is that it may not be a remedy at all ; it may be only a punishment . A Minister may risk ...
Página xlv
... Ministers to state clearly the motives which induced them to agree to foreign compacts . " Treaties , " it is said , " are in one great respect different from laws , they concern not only the Government which binds , the nation so bound ...
... Ministers to state clearly the motives which induced them to agree to foreign compacts . " Treaties , " it is said , " are in one great respect different from laws , they concern not only the Government which binds , the nation so bound ...
Página xlvi
... Minister is a man trained by elaborate practice not to blurt out crude things , and an English Parliament is an assembly which particularly dislikes anything gauche or anything imprudent . They would still more dislike it if it hurt ...
... Minister is a man trained by elaborate practice not to blurt out crude things , and an English Parliament is an assembly which particularly dislikes anything gauche or anything imprudent . They would still more dislike it if it hurt ...
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