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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... vote of censure . Most of the Ministries for thirty years have never possessed the confi- dence of the Lords , and in such cases a vote of censure by the Lords could therefore have but little weight ; it would be simply the particular ...
... vote of censure . Most of the Ministries for thirty years have never possessed the confi- dence of the Lords , and in such cases a vote of censure by the Lords could therefore have but little weight ; it would be simply the particular ...
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... vote for everything else , but he had never heard them say they were ready to vote for that . " Efficiency in an assembly requires a solid mass of steady votes ; and these are collected by a deferential attachment to particular men , or ...
... vote for everything else , but he had never heard them say they were ready to vote for that . " Efficiency in an assembly requires a solid mass of steady votes ; and these are collected by a deferential attachment to particular men , or ...
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... vote for constituency X ; those who have that qualification shall be constituency X. These are what we may call compulsory constituencies , and we know all about them . Or , secondly , the law may leave the electors themselves to make ...
... vote for constituency X ; those who have that qualification shall be constituency X. These are what we may call compulsory constituencies , and we know all about them . Or , secondly , the law may leave the electors themselves to make ...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION | v |
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THE CABINET | 1 |
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