The English ConstitutionKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, 1909 - 300 páginas |
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Página xvii
... looks to the discussions in Parliament to enlighten it as to the effect of Bills . But in this case neither party , as a party , could speak out . Many , perhaps most of the intelligent Conservatives , were fearful of the consequences ...
... looks to the discussions in Parliament to enlighten it as to the effect of Bills . But in this case neither party , as a party , could speak out . Many , perhaps most of the intelligent Conservatives , were fearful of the consequences ...
Página xxxiii
... 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 these great aggrega- tions ...
... 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 these great aggrega- tions ...
Página xxxv
... look on life peerages in the way in which some of their strongest advocates regard them ; I cannot think of them as a mode in which a permanent opposi- tion or a contrast between the Houses of Lords and Commons is to be remedied . To be ...
... look on life peerages in the way in which some of their strongest advocates regard them ; I cannot think of them as a mode in which a permanent opposi- tion or a contrast between the Houses of Lords and Commons is to be remedied . To be ...
Página xl
... looks long before he incurs that penalty , and no one incurs it wantonly . But , nevertheless , there are two defects in it . The first is that it may not be a remedy at all ; it may be only a punish- ment . A Minister may risk his ...
... looks long before he incurs that penalty , and no one incurs it wantonly . But , nevertheless , there are two defects in it . The first is that it may not be a remedy at all ; it may be only a punish- ment . A Minister may risk his ...
Página xlii
... look right . I confess that I should see no advantage in it if our two Chambers were sufficiently homogeneous and suffi- ciently harmonious . On the contrary , if those two Chambers were as they ought to be , I should believe it to be a ...
... look right . I confess that I should see no advantage in it if our two Chambers were sufficiently homogeneous and suffi- ciently harmonious . On the contrary , if those two Chambers were as they ought to be , I should believe it to be a ...
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