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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... opinions , and did not exact of their representatives an obedience to those opinions ; that they were in fact guided in their judgment by the better educated classes ; that they preferred representatives from those classes , and gave X ...
... opinions , and did not exact of their representatives an obedience to those opinions ; that they were in fact guided in their judgment by the better educated classes ; that they preferred representatives from those classes , and gave X ...
Página xii
... opinions ; approximations to that state happily exist . But such was not the state of the minor English shopkeepers . They were just competent to make a selection between two sets of superior ideas ; or rather - for the conceptions of ...
... opinions ; approximations to that state happily exist . But such was not the state of the minor English shopkeepers . They were just competent to make a selection between two sets of superior ideas ; or rather - for the conceptions of ...
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... opinions on complex questions than the old voters . There was indeed an idea - a very prevalent idea when the first edition of this book was published - that there then was an unrepresented class of skilled artizans who could form ...
... opinions on complex questions than the old voters . There was indeed an idea - a very prevalent idea when the first edition of this book was published - that there then was an unrepresented class of skilled artizans who could form ...
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... opinion of the Commons is also the opinion of the nation , and when it is clear that the nation has made up its mind . Whether or not the nation has made up its mind is a question to be decided by all the circumstances of the case ...
... opinion of the Commons is also the opinion of the nation , and when it is clear that the nation has made up its mind . Whether or not the nation has made up its mind is a question to be decided by all the circumstances of the case ...
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... opinion of the representative as well as the opinion of the constituency , no one would wish to have any attention paid to them . But if the opinion of the nation be strong and be universal , if it be really believed by members of ...
... opinion of the representative as well as the opinion of the constituency , no one would wish to have any attention paid to them . But if the opinion of the nation be strong and be universal , if it be really believed by members of ...
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