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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Walter Bagehot. executive were so tied together , that the legislature tried , and tried in vain , to rid itself of the executive by accusing it of illegal practices . The legislature was so afraid of the President's legal power ...
Walter Bagehot. executive were so tied together , that the legislature tried , and tried in vain , to rid itself of the executive by accusing it of illegal practices . The legislature was so afraid of the President's legal power ...
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... executive to keep a surplus of this magnitude . In England , after the French war , the Government of that day , which had brought it to a happy end , which had the glory of Waterloo , which was in consequence exceedingly strong , which ...
... executive to keep a surplus of this magnitude . In England , after the French war , the Government of that day , which had brought it to a happy end , which had the glory of Waterloo , which was in consequence exceedingly strong , which ...
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... executive , and the judicial powers , are quite divided that each is entrusted to a separate person or set of persons - that no one of these can at all interfere with the work of the other . There has been much eloquence expended in ...
... executive , and the judicial powers , are quite divided that each is entrusted to a separate person or set of persons - that no one of these can at all interfere with the work of the other . There has been much eloquence expended in ...
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... complete fusion , of the executive and legislative powers . No doubt by the traditional theory , as it exists in all the books , the goodness of our constitution consists in the entire sepa- ration 10 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... complete fusion , of the executive and legislative powers . No doubt by the traditional theory , as it exists in all the books , the goodness of our constitution consists in the entire sepa- ration 10 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
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... executive authorities , but in truth its merit consists in their singular approximation . The connecting link is the cabinet . By that new word we mean a committee of the legislative body selected to be the executive body . The ...
... executive authorities , but in truth its merit consists in their singular approximation . The connecting link is the cabinet . By that new word we mean a committee of the legislative body selected to be the executive body . The ...
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