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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... theory was omnipotent , was the only class financially ill - treated . Throughout the history of our former Parliaments the constituency could no more have originated the policy which those Parliaments selected than they could have made ...
... theory was omnipotent , was the only class financially ill - treated . Throughout the history of our former Parliaments the constituency could no more have originated the policy which those Parliaments selected than they could have made ...
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... theory of the English Constitu- tion is on this point quite wrong as usual . According to that theory , the two Houses are two branches of the Legislature , perfectly equal and perfectly distinct . But before the Act of 1832 they were ...
... theory of the English Constitu- tion is on this point quite wrong as usual . According to that theory , the two Houses are two branches of the Legislature , perfectly equal and perfectly distinct . But before the Act of 1832 they were ...
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... theory these defects in our present practice would seem exceedingly great , but in practice they are English statesmen and English parties have really a great patriotism , they can rarely be persuaded even by their passions or their ...
... theory these defects in our present practice would seem exceedingly great , but in practice they are English statesmen and English parties have really a great patriotism , they can rarely be persuaded even by their passions or their ...
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... theory . It was natural - perhaps inevitable - that such an under- growth of irrelevant ideas should gather round the British Constitution . Language is the tradition of nations ; each generation describes what it sees , but it uses ...
... theory . It was natural - perhaps inevitable - that such an under- growth of irrelevant ideas should gather round the British Constitution . Language is the tradition of nations ; each generation describes what it sees , but it uses ...
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... theory , called the theory of " Checks and Balances , " pervades an immense part of political literature , and much of it is collected from or supported by English experience . Monarchy , it is said , has some faults , some bad ...
... theory , called the theory of " Checks and Balances , " pervades an immense part of political literature , and much of it is collected from or supported by English experience . Monarchy , it is said , has some faults , some bad ...
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