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
... nation indeed generally looks to the discussions in Parliament to enlighten it as to the But in this case neither party , as a party , effect of Bills . could speak out . Many , perhaps most of the intelligent Conservatives , were ...
... nation indeed generally looks to the discussions in Parliament to enlighten it as to the But in this case neither party , as a party , effect of Bills . could speak out . Many , perhaps most of the intelligent Conservatives , were ...
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... are apt to think they can create it , the great political trial now beginning will simply fail . The wide gift of the elective franchise will be a great calamity to the whole nation , and xviii INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... are apt to think they can create it , the great political trial now beginning will simply fail . The wide gift of the elective franchise will be a great calamity to the whole nation , and xviii INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
Página xix
Walter Bagehot. be a great calamity to the whole nation , and to those who gain it as great a calamity as to any . I do not of course mean that statesmen can choose with absolute freedom what topics they will deal with , and what they ...
Walter Bagehot. be a great calamity to the whole nation , and to those who gain it as great a calamity as to any . I do not of course mean that statesmen can choose with absolute freedom what topics they will deal with , and what they ...
Página xx
... nation . But if , especially at a time when great ignorance has an unusual power in public affairs , he chooses to accept and reiterate the decisions of that ignorance , he is only the hireling of the nation , and does little save hurt ...
... nation . But if , especially at a time when great ignorance has an unusual power in public affairs , he chooses to accept and reiterate the decisions of that ignorance , he is only the hireling of the nation , and does little save hurt ...
Página xxv
... nation , and when it is clear that the nation has made up its mind . Whether or not the nation has made up mind is a question to be decided by all the circumstances of the case , and in the common way in which all practical questions ...
... nation , and when it is clear that the nation has made up its mind . Whether or not the nation has made up mind is a question to be decided by all the circumstances of the case , and in the common way in which all practical questions ...
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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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