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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... theory radically false , because it has omitted a capital reality - will be a theory essentially misleading , because it will lead men to expect what does not exist , and not to anticipate that which they will find . Everyone knows ...
... theory radically false , because it has omitted a capital reality - will be a theory essentially misleading , because it will lead men to expect what does not exist , and not to anticipate that which they will find . Everyone knows ...
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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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... theory , or looked at from a distance . The cabinet , in a word , is a board of control chosen by the legislature , out of persons whom it trusts and knows , to rule the nation . The particular mode in which the English ministers are ...
... theory , or looked at from a distance . The cabinet , in a word , is a board of control chosen by the legislature , out of persons whom it trusts and knows , to rule the nation . The particular mode in which the English ministers are ...
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... theory , but secret in reality . By the present practice , no official minute in all ordinary cases is kept of them . Even a private note is discouraged and disliked . The House of Commons , even in its most inquisitive and turbulent ...
... theory , but secret in reality . By the present practice , no official minute in all ordinary cases is kept of them . Even a private note is discouraged and disliked . The House of Commons , even in its most inquisitive and turbulent ...
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... theory and ex- perience , in all but the rarest cases , a bad constituency . Mr. Lincoln , at his second election , being elected when all the Federal states had set their united hearts on one single object , was voluntarily re ...
... theory and ex- perience , in all but the rarest cases , a bad constituency . Mr. Lincoln , at his second election , being elected when all the Federal states had set their united hearts on one single object , was voluntarily re ...
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