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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... mean that the ten - pound householders were great admirers of intellect or good judges of refine- ment . We all know that , for the most part , they were not so at all : very few Englishmen are . They were not influenced by ideas , but ...
... mean that the ten - pound householders were great admirers of intellect or good judges of refine- ment . We all know that , for the most part , they were not so at all : very few Englishmen are . They were not influenced by ideas , but ...
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... means were exceedingly small . Curiously enough the class which in theory was omnipotent , was the only class financially ill - treated . Throughout the history of our former Parliaments the constituency could no more have originated ...
... means were exceedingly small . Curiously enough the class which in theory was omnipotent , was the only class financially ill - treated . Throughout the history of our former Parliaments the constituency could no more have originated ...
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... means of expressing them . We used to frame elaborate schemes to give them such means . But the Reform Act of 1867 did not stop at skilled labour ; it enfranchised unskilled labour too . And no one will contend that the ordinary working ...
... means of expressing them . We used to frame elaborate schemes to give them such means . But the Reform Act of 1867 did not stop at skilled labour ; it enfranchised unskilled labour too . And no one will contend that the ordinary working ...
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... mean that statesmen can choose with absolute freedom what topics they will deal with , and what they will not . I am , of course , aware that they choose under stringent conditions . In excited states of the public mind they have ...
... mean that statesmen can choose with absolute freedom what topics they will deal with , and what they will not . I am , of course , aware that they choose under stringent conditions . In excited states of the public mind they have ...
Página xxi
... the suffrage ) supreme in the country ; and that their supremacy , in the state they now are , means the supremacy of igno- rance over instruction and of numbers over knowledge . So INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . xxi.
... the suffrage ) supreme in the country ; and that their supremacy , in the state they now are , means the supremacy of igno- rance over instruction and of numbers over knowledge . So INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . xxi.
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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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