The English Constitution, and Other Political EssaysAppleton, 1893 - 468 páginas |
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... objects of inquiry obviously lend themselves to the scientific method of treatment , which aims to trace out the working of natural causes and inherent principles , and hence has in- terest for all students of political philosophy . Mr ...
... objects of inquiry obviously lend themselves to the scientific method of treatment , which aims to trace out the working of natural causes and inherent principles , and hence has in- terest for all students of political philosophy . Mr ...
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... object is in constant change . An historical writer does not feel this difficulty : he deals only with the past ; he can say definitely , the Constitution worked in such and such a manner in the year at which he begins , and in a manner ...
... object is in constant change . An historical writer does not feel this difficulty : he deals only with the past ; he can say definitely , the Constitution worked in such and such a manner in the year at which he begins , and in a manner ...
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... objects , is an evil of the first magnitude ; that a permanent combination of them would make them ( now that so many of them have the suffrage ) supreme in the country ; and that their supremacy . in the state they now are , means the ...
... objects , is an evil of the first magnitude ; that a permanent combination of them would make them ( now that so many of them have the suffrage ) supreme in the country ; and that their supremacy . in the state they now are , means the ...
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... object was to contrast the office of President as an executive officer and to compare it with that of a Prime Minister ; and I devoted much space to showing that in one prin- cipal respect the English system is by far the best . The ...
... object was to contrast the office of President as an executive officer and to compare it with that of a Prime Minister ; and I devoted much space to showing that in one prin- cipal respect the English system is by far the best . The ...
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... objects which every constitution must attain to be successful , which every old and celebrated one must bave wonderfully achieved : every constitution must first gain authority , and then use authority ; it must first win the loyalty ...
... objects which every constitution must attain to be successful , which every old and celebrated one must bave wonderfully achieved : every constitution must first gain authority , and then use authority ; it must first win the loyalty ...
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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.