W. H. P. CLEMENT, B. A., LL. B. (TOR.)

OF OSGOODE HALL, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

TORONTO:

THE CARSWELL CO. LTD., LAW PUBLISHERS, ETC.

LIBRARY OF THE
LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY.

A52308

Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year 1892, by
WILLIAM HENRY POPE CLEMENT, at the Department of Agriculture.

JOT 5 1901

PREFACE

TABLE OF CASES CITED

INDEX TO STATUTES...

ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA

CONTENTS.

PART I.—INTRODUCTORY.

CHAP. I. Our Political System-A Comparative Examination

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II. The Pre-Confederation Constitutions ......

III. What became of the Pre-Confederation Constitutions?..

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PART II.-THE RESULTS OF OUR COLONIAL STATUS.