The English ConstitutionOUP Oxford, 2001 M02 8 - 256 páginas 'An ancient and ever-altering constitution is like an old man who still wears with attached fondness clothes in the fashion of his youth: what you see of him is the same; what you do not see is wholly altered.' Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution (1867) is the best account of the history and working of the British political system ever written. As arguments raged in mid-Victorian Britain about giving the working man the vote, and democracies overseas were pitched into despotism and civil war, Bagehot took a long, cool look at the 'dignified' and 'efficient' elements which made the English system the envy of the world. His analysis of the monarchy, the role of the prime minister and cabinet, and comparisons with the American presidential system are astute and timeless, and pertinent to current discussions surrounding devolution and electoral reform. Combining the wit and panache of a journalist with the wisdom of a man of letters steeped in evolutionary ideas and historical knowledge, Bagehot produced a book which is always thoughtful, often funny, and seldom dull. This edition reproduces Bagehot's original 1867 work in full, and introduces the reader to the dramatic political events that surrounded its publication. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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... parliament, in fact combined all these separate functions, and therefore the 'literary theory' was erroneous. Montesquieu, Blackstone, De Lolme, Hallam, J. S. Mill, and a whole host of legal and historical writers, subsequent ...
... parliament, in fact combined all these separate functions, and therefore the 'literary theory' was erroneous. Montesquieu, Blackstone, De Lolme, Hallam, J. S. Mill, and a whole host of legal and historical writers, subsequent ...
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... Parliament. Two literary talents who had famously turned their attention to constitutional history were Hallam (in 1827) and Macaulay (in 1848), but both men earn Bagehot's praise rather than his censure. Finally, John Stuart Mill is ...
... Parliament. Two literary talents who had famously turned their attention to constitutional history were Hallam (in 1827) and Macaulay (in 1848), but both men earn Bagehot's praise rather than his censure. Finally, John Stuart Mill is ...
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... parliamentary business. The doyen of such procedural writers was Thomas Erskine May, clerk of the House of Commons, whose Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceedings, and Usage of Parliament was first published in 1844. The operations ...
... parliamentary business. The doyen of such procedural writers was Thomas Erskine May, clerk of the House of Commons, whose Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceedings, and Usage of Parliament was first published in 1844. The operations ...
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... Parliament. In other words, the idea of cabinet government had already become well-known by the time Bagehot ... Parliament dealt out the bread of social reform. But of course Bagehot was not preoccupied with any of these developments ...
... Parliament. In other words, the idea of cabinet government had already become well-known by the time Bagehot ... Parliament dealt out the bread of social reform. But of course Bagehot was not preoccupied with any of these developments ...
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... parliamentary system from itself, that is from its two extremes: the excitability of the electorate, and the all too human ... Parliament. It was neither exclusively executive nor exclusively legislative: Bagehot welcomed the fact that ...
... parliamentary system from itself, that is from its two extremes: the excitability of the electorate, and the all too human ... Parliament. It was neither exclusively executive nor exclusively legislative: Bagehot welcomed the fact that ...
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