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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... vote of censure . Most of the Ministries for thirty years have never possessed the confi- dence of the Lords , and in such cases a vote of censure by the Lords could therefore have but little weight ; it would be simply the particular ...
... vote of censure . Most of the Ministries for thirty years have never possessed the confi- dence of the Lords , and in such cases a vote of censure by the Lords could therefore have but little weight ; it would be simply the particular ...
Página xxxix
... votes , which determine the fate of Government— are generally either on questions of foreign policy or of new laws ; and the questions of foreign policy come out generally in this way , that the Government has already done something ...
... votes , which determine the fate of Government— are generally either on questions of foreign policy or of new laws ; and the questions of foreign policy come out generally in this way , that the Government has already done something ...
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... vote for an exceedingly bad treaty ; it would rather desert its own leader than ensure its own ruin . And an English minority , inheriting a long expe- rience of Parliamentary affairs , would not be exceedingly ready to reject a treaty ...
... vote for an exceedingly bad treaty ; it would rather desert its own leader than ensure its own ruin . And an English minority , inheriting a long expe- rience of Parliamentary affairs , would not be exceedingly ready to reject a treaty ...
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... vote to the treaty clause by clause . This would entail too much time , and would lead to unnecessary changes in minor details . It would be enough to let the treaty be laid upon the table of both Houses , say for fourteen days , and to ...
... vote to the treaty clause by clause . This would entail too much time , and would lead to unnecessary changes in minor details . It would be enough to let the treaty be laid upon the table of both Houses , say for fourteen days , and to ...
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... vote of the National As- sembly . The United States and its copies were the only present and familiar Republics , and in these the system was exactly opposite . The Executive was there appointed by the people as the Legislative was too ...
... vote of the National As- sembly . The United States and its copies were the only present and familiar Republics , and in these the system was exactly opposite . The Executive was there appointed by the people as the Legislative was too ...
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Página 72 - Having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister; such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her Constitutional right of dismissing that Minister.
Página 73 - To state the matter shortly, the sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights — the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others.
Página 14 - hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens the legislative part of the State to the executive part".
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