The English Constitution, and Other Political EssaysAppleton, 1893 - 468 páginas |
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... principles , and hence has in- terest for all students of political philosophy . Mr. Bage- hot's work is written virtually , if not formally , from this point of view ; it is pervaded by the scientific spirit , with- out taking on the ...
... principles , and hence has in- terest for all students of political philosophy . Mr. Bage- hot's work is written virtually , if not formally , from this point of view ; it is pervaded by the scientific spirit , with- out taking on the ...
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... principles . Narrow views lead to a depreciation of every- thing foreign that differs from our own system and prac- tice . A distinguished professor in one of our leading col- leges remarked that , when the students come up in AMERICAN ...
... principles . Narrow views lead to a depreciation of every- thing foreign that differs from our own system and prac- tice . A distinguished professor in one of our leading col- leges remarked that , when the students come up in AMERICAN ...
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... principle in the Upper Chamber entirely . Of course one may fancy it to be otherwise ; we may conceive of a political storm just going to a life peerage limit , and then stopping suddenly But in politics we must not trouble ourselves ...
... principle in the Upper Chamber entirely . Of course one may fancy it to be otherwise ; we may conceive of a political storm just going to a life peerage limit , and then stopping suddenly But in politics we must not trouble ourselves ...
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... principles were suddenly and while in office converted to the principles of Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobden , and were to act on those principles , he could not be impeached . The law of treason neither could nor ought to be enforced against ...
... principles were suddenly and while in office converted to the principles of Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobden , and were to act on those principles , he could not be impeached . The law of treason neither could nor ought to be enforced against ...
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... principles " to a com- mittee wedded to " classical principles . " Still , upon the whole , I think the augmentation of the power of the Peers might be risked without real fear of serious harm . Our present practice , as has been ex ...
... principles " to a com- mittee wedded to " classical principles . " Still , upon the whole , I think the augmentation of the power of the Peers might be risked without real fear of serious harm . Our present practice , as has been ex ...
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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.