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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... living and a father living , and by every rule of descent , their right was better than hers . But many people evaded both claims . They said James II had ' run 36 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
... living and a father living , and by every rule of descent , their right was better than hers . But many people evaded both claims . They said James II had ' run 36 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
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... living . A great part of the borough members and a great part of the county members were their nominees ; an obedient , un- questioning deference was paid them . As indivi- duals the peers were the greatest people ; as a House the ...
... living . A great part of the borough members and a great part of the county members were their nominees ; an obedient , un- questioning deference was paid them . As indivi- duals the peers were the greatest people ; as a House the ...
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... living government naturally compares it with the most important other living governments , and these are changing too ; what he illustrates are altered in one way , and his sources of illustration are altered probably in a different way ...
... living government naturally compares it with the most important other living governments , and these are changing too ; what he illustrates are altered in one way , and his sources of illustration are altered probably in a different way ...
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PAGE | 115 |
ON CHANGES OF MINISTRY | 156 |
ITS SUPPOSED CHECKS AND BALANCES | 194 |
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