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C.L.

N

A

ACT OF SETTLEMENT, 26, 33

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dynastic order ignored, 34
substance of, 35-36

Act of Union, see Ireland and
Scotland

America, see United States

Arbitration between constituent
states in U.S., 169-170
Aristocracy, political, absence of
in U.S., 124

Assemblies constituent and legis-
lative, 46

distinction wanting in Eng-
land, 46-48

B

BAGEHOT on representative assem-
blies, 94

Bankruptcy, leniently treated in
U.S., 128

Bill of Rights-

place in English written Con-
stitution 26, 30, 45,
omission of religious liberty, 32
omission of freedom of press, 32
means of enforcing, 33

CABINET (see also Ministers)-
unknown to written law, 19
King's presence at 23

Cabinet (see also Ministers)-

affected by Act of Settle-
ment, 36

Chamberlain, Mr., on doctrine of
resistance, 37

Channel Islands not part of United
Kingdom, 11

Church, Established, nature of, 11
Clergy (English), electoral rights
of, 20, 21

Colonies (English),

of, 14

Congress (U.S.)--

government

Ministers excluded from, 85,
95

Bills, how reported to, 97
Committees of, 96, 100, 101
"Commons," etymology of, 157
Compacts--

place of in English Constitu-
tion, 8, 18, 20, 26, 154
revolutionary nature of, 37-38
Conseil, Monsieur, 59
Constitution-

English, see English
French, see French
United States, see United
States

variance of English and French
conceptions, 3, 5, 12, 38
written, inconveniences of, 6
effect of geographical position
on, 104-110

study of spirit of, 110

precise sense of the term, 154
Constitutional documents study of
original texts, 57-61

Constitutional law, not studied in
France, 55
Constitutions-

democratic tendency of, 173-175 logical tendency of, 173-175 Convention of 1688

spirit of discussions in, 40 Convocation, powers of changed by Compact, 20

Cooley on U.S. Constitution, 65
Corps Législatif-

spirit of discussions in, 41, 98

Crown (English)→

succession to; dynastic order ignored, 34

veto obsolete, 23

Prerogative undefined, 19
see also Public Powers

Custom, as part of English Constitution, 8, 17, 18, 19

effect on U.S. Constitution, 74 Customary law

in English Constitution, 45
French dislike of, 168

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