The English ConstitutionGarland Pub., 1978 - 291 páginas THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION provides the most lucid and readable account of what has been termed the "Golden Age" of the nineteenth century constitution, before the advent of universal male suffrage and the rise of party as the overriding force in the British policy. Many of Bagehot's insights remain either true, as a statement of basic principle, or even if no longer strictly accurate, fascinating in their partial applicability today. they convey a sharp sense of how the constitution has radically changed since the Victorian era, and yet paradoxically at a more basic level, remained the same. |
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... actions of a retired widow and an un- employed youth become of such importance . The best reason why Monarchy is a ... action of a single will , the fiat of a single mind , are easy ideas : anybody can make them out , and no one can ...
... actions of a retired widow and an un- employed youth become of such importance . The best reason why Monarchy is a ... action of a single will , the fiat of a single mind , are easy ideas : anybody can make them out , and no one can ...
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... action - of Cabinet action ) is nearly sure to include everything old and new - everything ascertained and deter- minate . But there is also a bystander's view , which is likely to omit some one or more of these old and certain elements ...
... action - of Cabinet action ) is nearly sure to include everything old and new - everything ascertained and deter- minate . But there is also a bystander's view , which is likely to omit some one or more of these old and certain elements ...
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... action , but as alien action ; as an imposed tyranny from without , not as the consummated result of our own organized wishes . I remember at the Census of 1851 hearing a very sensible old lady say that ' the liberties of England were ...
... action , but as alien action ; as an imposed tyranny from without , not as the consummated result of our own organized wishes . I remember at the Census of 1851 hearing a very sensible old lady say that ' the liberties of England were ...
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PAGE | 115 |
ON CHANGES OF MINISTRY | 156 |
ITS SUPPOSED CHECKS AND BALANCES | 194 |
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