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 vii
... speak of the changes which have taken place either in the Constitution itself or in the competing institutions which illustrate it . It is too soon as yet to attempt to estimate the effect of the Reform Act of 1867. The people ...
... speak of the changes which have taken place either in the Constitution itself or in the competing institutions which illustrate it . It is too soon as yet to attempt to estimate the effect of the Reform Act of 1867. The people ...
Página xv
... speak out . Many , perhaps most of the intelligent Conservatives , were fearful of the consequences of the proposal ; but as it was made by the heads of their own party , they did not like to oppose it , and the discipline of party ...
... speak out . Many , perhaps most of the intelligent Conservatives , were fearful of the consequences of the proposal ; but as it was made by the heads of their own party , they did not like to oppose it , and the discipline of party ...
Página xxxiii
... speak mathematically , we may easily miss the permanent course of the political curve if we engross our minds with its cusps and conjugate points . Nor , on the other hand , can I sympathise with the objection to life peerages which ...
... speak mathematically , we may easily miss the permanent course of the political curve if we engross our minds with its cusps and conjugate points . Nor , on the other hand , can I sympathise with the objection to life peerages which ...
Página xlvii
... speak their minds to one another ; they maintain an atmosphere of unreality , and everyone always lives in an atmosphere of suppressed ill - feeling . It is the same with nations . The parties concerned would almost always be better for ...
... speak their minds to one another ; they maintain an atmosphere of unreality , and everyone always lives in an atmosphere of suppressed ill - feeling . It is the same with nations . The parties concerned would almost always be better for ...
Página lix
... speak to and interest all mankind . And every incident in this part of American financial history exemplifies the con- trast between a Parliamentary and a Presidential Govern- ment . The distinguishing quality of Parliamentary Govern ...
... speak to and interest all mankind . And every incident in this part of American financial history exemplifies the con- trast between a Parliamentary and a Presidential Govern- ment . The distinguishing quality of Parliamentary Govern ...
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