The English Constitution, and Other Political EssaysAppleton, 1893 - 468 páginas |
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... Legislature , perfectly equal and perfectly distinct . But before the Act of 1832 they were not so distinct ; there was a very large and a very strong common element . By their commanding influence in many boroughs and counties the ...
... Legislature , perfectly equal and perfectly distinct . But before the Act of 1832 they were not so distinct ; there was a very large and a very strong common element . By their commanding influence in many boroughs and counties the ...
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... Legislature alone - for the House of Commons , and not for the House of Lords - to say whether they have or have not forfeited their place by the treaty they have made . I think every one must admit that this is not an arrangement which ...
... Legislature alone - for the House of Commons , and not for the House of Lords - to say whether they have or have not forfeited their place by the treaty they have made . I think every one must admit that this is not an arrangement which ...
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... Legislature being well disposed to the Government , would not " find " against it except it had really committed some big and plain mistake . But if the Government had made such a mistake , certainly the majority of the Legislature ...
... Legislature being well disposed to the Government , would not " find " against it except it had really committed some big and plain mistake . But if the Government had made such a mistake , certainly the majority of the Legislature ...
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... legislature- the House of Representatives - as a body " hanging on the verge of government ; " and that House ... legislature and a hostile executive were so tied together , that the legislature tried INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . 53.
... legislature- the House of Representatives - as a body " hanging on the verge of government ; " and that House ... legislature and a hostile executive were so tied together , that the legislature tried INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . 53.
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Walter Bagehot. executive were so tied together , that the legislature tried , and tried in vain , to rid itself of the executive by accusing it of illegal practices . The legislature was so afraid of the President's legal power , that ...
Walter Bagehot. executive were so tied together , that the legislature tried , and tried in vain , to rid itself of the executive by accusing it of illegal practices . The legislature was so afraid of the President's legal power , that ...
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Página 162 - Having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister ; such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her Constitutional right of dismissing that Minister.
Página 315 - After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes. These I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions which then seemed to me probable. From that period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision.
Página 44 - ... she could sell off all our ships of war and all our naval stores; she could make a peace by the sacrifice of Cornwall, and begin a war for the conquest of Brittany. She could make every citizen in the United Kingdom, male or female, a peer; she could make every parish in the United Kingdom a 'university'; she could dismiss most of the civil servants; she could pardon all offenders. In a word, the Queen could by prerogative upset all the action of civil government within the government, could...
Página 102 - hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens the legislative part of the State to the executive part".
Página 98 - The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers.