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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... judgment might guide them otherwise . In very vital treaties probably , being English- men , they would be of the same mind as the rest of Englishmen . If in such cases they showed a reluctance to act as the people wished , they would ...
... judgment might guide them otherwise . In very vital treaties probably , being English- men , they would be of the same mind as the rest of Englishmen . If in such cases they showed a reluctance to act as the people wished , they would ...
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... judgment , and ( since the guidance of the " city " on political matters is very quietly and imperceptibly given ) without knowing she had not those materials . Of course , this error might have been committed , and - perhaps would have ...
... judgment , and ( since the guidance of the " city " on political matters is very quietly and imperceptibly given ) without knowing she had not those materials . Of course , this error might have been committed , and - perhaps would have ...
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... judgment is important , and it strives to judge . It succeeds in deciding because the debates and the discussions give it the facts and the arguments . But under a presidential government a nation has , except at the electing moment ...
... judgment is important , and it strives to judge . It succeeds in deciding because the debates and the discussions give it the facts and the arguments . But under a presidential government a nation has , except at the electing moment ...
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... judgment , at the end of that term there will be by constitutional destiny another election . But under a ministerial government there is no such fixed destiny . The government is a removable government ; its tenure depends upon its ...
... judgment , at the end of that term there will be by constitutional destiny another election . But under a ministerial government there is no such fixed destiny . The government is a removable government ; its tenure depends upon its ...
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... judgment of the sovereign will often be worse than the judgment of the party , and he will be very subject to the chronic danger.of preferring a respectful common - place man , such as Addington , to an independent first - rate man ...
... judgment of the sovereign will often be worse than the judgment of the party , and he will be very subject to the chronic danger.of preferring a respectful common - place man , such as Addington , to an independent first - rate man ...
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