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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... influence ; each year removes many old men , makes all others older , brings in many new . The transition is so gradual that we hardly perceive it . The board of directors of the poli- tical company has a few slight changes every year ...
... influence ; each year removes many old men , makes all others older , brings in many new . The transition is so gradual that we hardly perceive it . The board of directors of the poli- tical company has a few slight changes every year ...
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... influenced by ideas , but by facts ; not by things palpable , but by things impalpable . Not to put too fine a point upon it , they were influenced by rank and wealth . No doubt the better sort of them believed that those who were ...
... influenced by ideas , but by facts ; not by things palpable , but by things impalpable . Not to put too fine a point upon it , they were influenced by rank and wealth . No doubt the better sort of them believed that those who were ...
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... influence in many boroughs and counties the Lords nominated a considerable part of the Commons ; the majority of the other part were the richer gentry - men in most respects like the Lords , and sympathising with the Lords . Under the ...
... influence in many boroughs and counties the Lords nominated a considerable part of the Commons ; the majority of the other part were the richer gentry - men in most respects like the Lords , and sympathising with the Lords . Under the ...
Página xxv
... influence within a year or two of 1867. The complete consequences of the Act of 1832 upon the House of Lords could not be seen while the Commons were subject to such aristocratic guidance . Much of the change which might have been ...
... influence within a year or two of 1867. The complete consequences of the Act of 1832 upon the House of Lords could not be seen while the Commons were subject to such aristocratic guidance . Much of the change which might have been ...
Página xxix
... influence of rank to work much more on men singly than on men collectively ; it is an influence which most men - at least most Englishmen - feel very much , but of which most Englishmen are somewhat ashamed . Accordingly , when any ...
... influence of rank to work much more on men singly than on men collectively ; it is an influence which most men - at least most Englishmen - feel very much , but of which most Englishmen are somewhat ashamed . Accordingly , when any ...
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Página 72 - Having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister; such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her Constitutional right of dismissing that Minister.
Página 73 - To state the matter shortly, the sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights — the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others.
Página 14 - hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens the legislative part of the State to the executive part".
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Página 10 - The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers.
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