The English ConstitutionT. Nelson, 1919 - 300 páginas |
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... rules , to establish such ruling but unenacted customs , as will make the House of Lords yield to the Commons when and as often as our new Constitution requires that it should yield . I shall be asked , How often is that , and what is ...
... rules , to establish such ruling but unenacted customs , as will make the House of Lords yield to the Commons when and as often as our new Constitution requires that it should yield . I shall be asked , How often is that , and what is ...
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... rule in this way . This rule would prove that the Lords might have rejected the Reform Act of 1832. Whenever the nation was both excited and determined , such a rule would be an acute and dangerous political poison . It would teach the ...
... rule in this way . This rule would prove that the Lords might have rejected the Reform Act of 1832. Whenever the nation was both excited and determined , such a rule would be an acute and dangerous political poison . It would teach the ...
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... rule ; as I have said , I have for practical purposes no belief in unvarying rules . Majorities may be either genuine or fictitious , and if they are not genuine , if they do not embody the opinion of the representative as well as the ...
... rule ; as I have said , I have for practical purposes no belief in unvarying rules . Majorities may be either genuine or fictitious , and if they are not genuine , if they do not embody the opinion of the representative as well as the ...
Página xxxiii
... rule the multitude . The thing looks like injustice , and in a time of popular passion it would not stand . Much short of the compulsory equal division of the Code Napoleon , stringent clauses might be provided to obstruct and prevent ...
... rule the multitude . The thing looks like injustice , and in a time of popular passion it would not stand . Much short of the compulsory equal division of the Code Napoleon , stringent clauses might be provided to obstruct and prevent ...
Página xxxvi
... rules . It is true that a completely new House of Lords , mainly composed of men of ability , selected because they were able , might very likely attempt to make ability the predominant power in the State , and to rival . if not con ...
... rules . It is true that a completely new House of Lords , mainly composed of men of ability , selected because they were able , might very likely attempt to make ability the predominant power in the State , and to rival . if not con ...
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