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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... introduces irrelevant facts into the business of govern- ment , but they are facts which speak to " men's bosoms " and employ their thoughts . " To state the matter shortly , Royalty is a government 38 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... introduces irrelevant facts into the business of govern- ment , but they are facts which speak to " men's bosoms " and employ their thoughts . " To state the matter shortly , Royalty is a government 38 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
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... Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling , and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding . Secondly . The English Monarchy strengthens our government with the strength of religion . It is not easy to ...
... Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling , and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding . Secondly . The English Monarchy strengthens our government with the strength of religion . It is not easy to ...
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... real measurement . He should be aloof and solitary . As the functions of English royalty are for the most part latent , it fulfils this condition . It seems to order , but it never seems to struggle 44 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... real measurement . He should be aloof and solitary . As the functions of English royalty are for the most part latent , it fulfils this condition . It seems to order , but it never seems to struggle 44 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
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... Royalty . " It has not been suffi- ciently remarked that a change has taken place in the structure of our society exactly analogous to the change in our polity . A Republic has insinuated itself beneath the folds of a Monarchy . Charles ...
... Royalty . " It has not been suffi- ciently remarked that a change has taken place in the structure of our society exactly analogous to the change in our polity . A Republic has insinuated itself beneath the folds of a Monarchy . Charles ...
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... royalty that it is not splendid , enough . They have compared it with the French Court , which is better in show , which comes to the surface everywhere so that you cannot help seeing it , which is infinitely and beyond question the ...
... royalty that it is not splendid , enough . They have compared it with the French Court , which is better in show , which comes to the surface everywhere so that you cannot help seeing it , which is infinitely and beyond question the ...
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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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