The English ConstitutionT. Nelson, 1919 - 300 páginas |
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Página xiv
... theory was omnipotent , was the only class financially ill - treated . Throughout the history of our former Parliaments the constituency could no more have originated the policy which those Parliaments selected than they could have made ...
... theory was omnipotent , was the only class financially ill - treated . Throughout the history of our former Parliaments the constituency could no more have originated the policy which those Parliaments selected than they could have made ...
Página xxv
... theory of the English Constitu- tion is on this point quite wrong as usual . According to that theory , the two Houses are two branches of the Legislature , perfectly equal and perfectly distinct . But before the Act of 1832 they were ...
... theory of the English Constitu- tion is on this point quite wrong as usual . According to that theory , the two Houses are two branches of the Legislature , perfectly equal and perfectly distinct . But before the Act of 1832 they were ...
Página xlvi
... deal with . In abstract theory these defects in our present practice would seem exceedingly great , but in practice they are not so . English statesmen and English parties have really xlvi INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... deal with . In abstract theory these defects in our present practice would seem exceedingly great , but in practice they are not so . English statesmen and English parties have really xlvi INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
Página 1
... theory . It was natural - perhaps inevitable - that such an undergrowth of irrelevant ideas should gather round the British Constitution . Language is the tradition of nations ; each generation describes what it sees , but it uses words ...
... theory . It was natural - perhaps inevitable - that such an undergrowth of irrelevant ideas should gather round the British Constitution . Language is the tradition of nations ; each generation describes what it sees , but it uses words ...
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... in the supreme sovereignty , and that the assent of all three is necessary to the action of that sovereignty . Kings , lords , and commons , by this theory , are alleged to be not only the outward form , 2 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... in the supreme sovereignty , and that the assent of all three is necessary to the action of that sovereignty . Kings , lords , and commons , by this theory , are alleged to be not only the outward form , 2 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
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