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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... Executive -the Premier as we should call him - to be nominated and to be removable by the vote of the National As- sembly . The United States and its copies were the only present and familiar Republics , and in these the system was ...
... Executive -the Premier as we should call him - to be nominated and to be removable by the vote of the National As- sembly . The United States and its copies were the only present and familiar Republics , and in these the system was ...
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... Executive and the Legis- lative authorities were united and fixed ; no one can assert such union to be the incommunicable attribute of a Constitutional Monarchy . But , unfortunately , we can as yet only infer from this experiment that ...
... Executive and the Legis- lative authorities were united and fixed ; no one can assert such union to be the incommunicable attribute of a Constitutional Monarchy . But , unfortunately , we can as yet only infer from this experiment that ...
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... executive autho- rity nearest to him did not like it . The experiment of a strictly Parliamentary Republic - of a Republic where the Parliament appoints the Executive - is being tried in France at an extreme disadvantage , because in ...
... executive autho- rity nearest to him did not like it . The experiment of a strictly Parliamentary Republic - of a Republic where the Parliament appoints the Executive - is being tried in France at an extreme disadvantage , because in ...
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... executive officer and to compare it with that of a Prime Minister ; and I devoted much space to showing that in one prin- cipal respect the English system is by far the best . The English Premier being appointed by the selection , and ...
... executive officer and to compare it with that of a Prime Minister ; and I devoted much space to showing that in one prin- cipal respect the English system is by far the best . The English Premier being appointed by the selection , and ...
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... so conclusive against the American Constitution , as a Constitution , as that incident . A hostile legislature and a hostile executive were so tied together , that the legislature tried INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . lvii.
... so conclusive against the American Constitution , as a Constitution , as that incident . A hostile legislature and a hostile executive were so tied together , that the legislature tried INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . lvii.
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