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 xv
... vote for you again . " Many Radical members who had been asking for years for household suffrage were much more surprised than pleased at the near chance of obtaining it ; they had asked for it as bargainers ask for the highest possible ...
... vote for you again . " Many Radical members who had been asking for years for household suffrage were much more surprised than pleased at the near chance of obtaining it ; they had asked for it as bargainers ask for the highest possible ...
Página xvi
... vote with Mr. Gladstone , and the constituencies only chose those who said so . Even the minority could only be described as anti - Gladstone , just as the majority could only be described as pro - Gladstone . The remains , too , of the ...
... vote with Mr. Gladstone , and the constituencies only chose those who said so . Even the minority could only be described as anti - Gladstone , just as the majority could only be described as pro - Gladstone . The remains , too , of the ...
Página xxi
... vote in our affairs , both parties will beg and pray him to give that vote to them . I can conceive of nothing more corrupting or worse for a set of poor ignorant people than that two combinations of well - taught and rich men should ...
... vote in our affairs , both parties will beg and pray him to give that vote to them . I can conceive of nothing more corrupting or worse for a set of poor ignorant people than that two combinations of well - taught and rich men should ...
Página xxxviii
... vote of censure . Most of the Ministries for thirty years have never possessed the confi- dence of the Lords , and in such cases a vote of censure by the Lords could therefore have but little weight ; it would be simply the ...
... vote of censure . Most of the Ministries for thirty years have never possessed the confi- dence of the Lords , and in such cases a vote of censure by the Lords could therefore have but little weight ; it would be simply the ...
Página xxxix
... votes , which determine the fate of Government- are generally either on questions of foreign policy or of new laws ; and the questions of foreign policy come out generally in this way , that the Government has already done something ...
... votes , which determine the fate of Government- are generally either on questions of foreign policy or of new laws ; and the questions of foreign policy come out generally in this way , that the Government has already done something ...
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