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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... majority — not a mechanical majority ready to accept any- thing , but a fair and reasonable one , predisposed to think the Government right , but not ready to find it to be so in the face of facts and in opposition to whatever might ...
... majority — not a mechanical majority ready to accept any- thing , but a fair and reasonable one , predisposed to think the Government right , but not ready to find it to be so in the face of facts and in opposition to whatever might ...
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... majority of the Legislature would find against it . In a country fit for Parliamentary institutions , the par- tizanship of members of the Legislature never comes in manifest opposition to the plain interest of the nation ; if it did ...
... majority of the Legislature would find against it . In a country fit for Parliamentary institutions , the par- tizanship of members of the Legislature never comes in manifest opposition to the plain interest of the nation ; if it did ...
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... majority were favourable , and among whom the most influential part of the minority were in this case much opposed to excessive antagonism . And this seems to be the best position in which negoti- ators can be placed , namely , that ...
... majority were favourable , and among whom the most influential part of the minority were in this case much opposed to excessive antagonism . And this seems to be the best position in which negoti- ators can be placed , namely , that ...
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... majority , and the majority will agree to the treaties the leaders have made if they fairly can . They will not be anxious to disagree with them . But the majority of the House of Lords may always be , and has lately been generally an ...
... majority , and the majority will agree to the treaties the leaders have made if they fairly can . They will not be anxious to disagree with them . But the majority of the House of Lords may always be , and has lately been generally an ...
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... majority of States in modern Europe inherited from the mediæval period . It is believed that out of these materials nothing better can be made than the English Constitution ; but it is also believed that the essential parts of the ...
... majority of States in modern Europe inherited from the mediæval period . It is believed that out of these materials nothing better can be made than the English Constitution ; but it is also believed that the essential parts of the ...
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