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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... government . M. Rouher , though of vast real ability , was in the popular idea only the Emperor's agent ; and even had it been.otherwise , M. Rouher , the one great man of Imperialism , could not have been selected as a head of the ...
... government . M. Rouher , though of vast real ability , was in the popular idea only the Emperor's agent ; and even had it been.otherwise , M. Rouher , the one great man of Imperialism , could not have been selected as a head of the ...
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... President , became President , and so continued for nearly four years . At such a time the characteristic evils of the Presidential system were shown most conspicuously . The President and the Assembly , so far from being ( as it is ...
... President , became President , and so continued for nearly four years . At such a time the characteristic evils of the Presidential system were shown most conspicuously . The President and the Assembly , so far from being ( as it is ...
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... Presidential Government is , in a multitude of cases , that there is no such discussion ; that when there is a discussion the fate of Government does not turn upon it , and , therefore , the people do not attend to it ; that upon the ...
... Presidential Government is , in a multitude of cases , that there is no such discussion ; that when there is a discussion the fate of Government does not turn upon it , and , therefore , the people do not attend to it ; that upon the ...
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... government would never be perceived . At any rate , under a Parliamentary Government this doctrine would have been ... Presidential with Parlia- mentary Government is mixed ; one of the defects of Parliamentary Government probably ...
... government would never be perceived . At any rate , under a Parliamentary Government this doctrine would have been ... Presidential with Parlia- mentary Government is mixed ; one of the defects of Parliamentary Government probably ...
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... Presidential Government of America managed its taxation during the Civil War , is even a more striking example of its defects . Mr. Wells tells us : - " In the outset all direct or internal taxation was avoided , there having been ...
... Presidential Government of America managed its taxation during the Civil War , is even a more striking example of its defects . Mr. Wells tells us : - " In the outset all direct or internal taxation was avoided , there having been ...
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