A Treatise on the Election of Representatives, Parliamentary and MunicipalLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1859 - 338 páginas |
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... majority may resolve . In a revision of our electoral system , all those who would found the Parliamentary strength of interests or classes upon the basis of constituencies formed for their support , should consider with what degree of ...
... majority may resolve . In a revision of our electoral system , all those who would found the Parliamentary strength of interests or classes upon the basis of constituencies formed for their support , should consider with what degree of ...
Página xii
... majority must necessarily decide ; but in the formation of a representative body , the purpose is that the body thus to be created , and not the constituent body , is to be intrusted with the power of decision . xii INTRODUCTION .
... majority must necessarily decide ; but in the formation of a representative body , the purpose is that the body thus to be created , and not the constituent body , is to be intrusted with the power of decision . xii INTRODUCTION .
Página xiii
... majority which speaks for the whole , and is irresistible . It may be likened to an engine of enormous power which crushes all opposing forces . The election is the process by which this engine is constructed , but it is not necessary ...
... majority which speaks for the whole , and is irresistible . It may be likened to an engine of enormous power which crushes all opposing forces . The election is the process by which this engine is constructed , but it is not necessary ...
Página xv
... majority involves the necessity of creating a party , adopting a party name , and putting forward some party tenet , or dogma , to all of which the majority must lend itself . It is not usually the political tenet which has caused the ...
... majority involves the necessity of creating a party , adopting a party name , and putting forward some party tenet , or dogma , to all of which the majority must lend itself . It is not usually the political tenet which has caused the ...
Página xvi
... majority usefully ask themselves what they ought to do , - the only practical question is , what will be successful ? Thus , the process of creating the majority demoralises most of those who compose it : it demoralises them in this ...
... majority usefully ask themselves what they ought to do , - the only practical question is , what will be successful ? Thus , the process of creating the majority demoralises most of those who compose it : it demoralises them in this ...
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A Treatise on the Election of Representatives, Parliamentary and Municipal Thomas Hare Vista previa limitada - 2022 |
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