The English ConstitutionGarland Pub., 1978 - 291 páginas THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION provides the most lucid and readable account of what has been termed the "Golden Age" of the nineteenth century constitution, before the advent of universal male suffrage and the rise of party as the overriding force in the British policy. Many of Bagehot's insights remain either true, as a statement of basic principle, or even if no longer strictly accurate, fascinating in their partial applicability today. they convey a sharp sense of how the constitution has radically changed since the Victorian era, and yet paradoxically at a more basic level, remained the same. |
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... look at history , we shall find that it is only during the period of the present reign that in England the duties of a constitutional sovereign have ever been well performed . The first two Georges were ignorant of English affairs , and ...
... look at history , we shall find that it is only during the period of the present reign that in England the duties of a constitutional sovereign have ever been well performed . The first two Georges were ignorant of English affairs , and ...
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... look at it " -to look at it not on a great party field - day , or at a time of parade , but in the ordinary transaction of business . There are perhaps ten peers in the House , pos- sibly only six ; three is the quorum for transacting ...
... look at it " -to look at it not on a great party field - day , or at a time of parade , but in the ordinary transaction of business . There are perhaps ten peers in the House , pos- sibly only six ; three is the quorum for transacting ...
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... look at the mass of the constituencies , you will see that they are not very interesting people ; and perhaps if you look behind the scenes and see the people who mani- pulate and work the constituencies , you will find that these are ...
... look at the mass of the constituencies , you will see that they are not very interesting people ; and perhaps if you look behind the scenes and see the people who mani- pulate and work the constituencies , you will find that these are ...
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