The English Constitution, and Other Political EssaysAppleton, 1893 - 468 páginas |
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... tion itself , or in the Constitutions compared with it , as seem material . There are in this book various expressions which allude to persons who were living and to events which were happening when it first appeared ; and I have ...
... tion itself , or in the Constitutions compared with it , as seem material . There are in this book various expressions which allude to persons who were living and to events which were happening when it first appeared ; and I have ...
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... improve themselves , for they are labouring the whole day through ; and their early educa- tion was so small that in most cases it is dubious whether , even if they had much time , they could use INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... improve themselves , for they are labouring the whole day through ; and their early educa- tion was so small that in most cases it is dubious whether , even if they had much time , they could use INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
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... tion is on this point quite wrong as usual . According to that theory , the two Houses are two branches of the Legislature , perfectly equal and perfectly distinct . But before the Act of 1832 they were not so distinct ; there was a ...
... tion is on this point quite wrong as usual . According to that theory , the two Houses are two branches of the Legislature , perfectly equal and perfectly distinct . But before the Act of 1832 they were not so distinct ; there was a ...
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... member of the Opposi- tion declared that the " front benches " of the two sides of the House - that is , the leaders of the Government and the leaders of the Opposition - were in constant tacit INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . 37.
... member of the Opposi- tion declared that the " front benches " of the two sides of the House - that is , the leaders of the Government and the leaders of the Opposition - were in constant tacit INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . 37.
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... tion . It is the Empire - the Empire which he alwayз opposed that has done him this kindness . For twenty years no great political reputation could arise in France . The Emperor governed , and no one member could show a capacity for ...
... tion . It is the Empire - the Empire which he alwayз opposed that has done him this kindness . For twenty years no great political reputation could arise in France . The Emperor governed , and no one member could show a capacity for ...
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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.