The English ConstitutionH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 291 páginas A classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government. |
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... administration itself . This critical opposition is the consequence of cabinet government . The great scene of debate , the great engine of popular instruction and political controversy , is the legislative assembly . A speech there by ...
... administration itself . This critical opposition is the consequence of cabinet government . The great scene of debate , the great engine of popular instruction and political controversy , is the legislative assembly . A speech there by ...
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... administration ; the executive was elected for such and such years , and for such and such years it must last . People wonder that so literary a people as the Americans - a people who read more than any people who ever lived , who read ...
... administration ; the executive was elected for such and such years , and for such and such years it must last . People wonder that so literary a people as the Americans - a people who read more than any people who ever lived , who read ...
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... administration ; it is itself , so to say , the legislature . But a president may be hampered by the parliament , and is likely to be hampered . The natural tendency of the members of every legislature is to make themselves conspicuous ...
... administration ; it is itself , so to say , the legislature . But a president may be hampered by the parliament , and is likely to be hampered . The natural tendency of the members of every legislature is to make themselves conspicuous ...
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... administration not thwarting each other , but co - operating with each other , are of greater consequence when great affairs are in progress than when small affairs are in progress - when there is much to do than when there is little to ...
... administration not thwarting each other , but co - operating with each other , are of greater consequence when great affairs are in progress than when small affairs are in progress - when there is much to do than when there is little to ...
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... administration are to be canvassed by it ; it is to watch if such acts seem good , and in some manner or other to interpose if they seem not good . But it cannot judge if it is to be kept in ignorance ; it cannot interpose if it does ...
... administration are to be canvassed by it ; it is to watch if such acts seem good , and in some manner or other to interpose if they seem not good . But it cannot judge if it is to be kept in ignorance ; it cannot interpose if it does ...
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