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 ...

Reproduction of the original: The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot

In one of Walter Bagehot's most prominent works, the English constitution is described, not from law books and as a lawyer would describe it, but from the actual working, as ...

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 ...

Chronicling the past is much easier than chronicling the present, which was exactly Walter Bagehot's project when writing The English Constitution, first published in 1873. His ...

From the Publisher: Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution (1867) is the best account of the history and workings of the British political system ever written. As arguments ...