...Walter Bagehot more than a century ago, "is a combining committee - a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state." It might well be argued that the modern Canadian cabinet, whether in the federal or provincial governments,...

...connecting link is the cabinet... A cabinet is a combining committee—a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the State to...the one, in its functions it belongs to the other" (Bagehot 1963:64, 68). ernment bills or Orders of the Day. Ministers claimed the press of business...

...the parliament and the executive. "A Cabinet is combining committee—a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to...the one, in its functions it belongs to the other" (Bagehot 1961, 71-72; emphasis in original). Of course the extent to which the cabinet is related to...

...English Constitution 'The Cabinet' A cabinet is a combining committee - a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state. 780 The English Constitution 'The Cabinet' It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her...

...the definition of a cabinet ... a cabinet is a combining committee — a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state" (1928, 9-12, Bagehot's italics). 34. In The English Constitution, Bagehot frequently refers to "Parliament"...

...we know the necessary essence. A cabinet is a combining committee - a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to...state. In its origin it belongs to the one, in its function it belongs to the other. The most curious point about the cabinet is that so very little is...

...efficient secret' 3 of British politics. This was, of course, the Cabinet, 'a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state'. 4 It was also in 1867 that Alpheus Todd, the recently-appointed Librarian of the newly-created Parliament...

...role and functions of Cabinet49 A Cabinet is a combining committee - a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state. In its origins, it belongs to the one and in its functions, it belongs to the other.51^ The Cabinet represents...

...had been constructed, did the balances shift and then the Cabinet - 'a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative part of the state to the executive part of the state' - became the key to government. 12 Bagehot's work has often been regarded as a prescriptive rather...

...government into prime ministerial government. Under this system the hyphen which joins, the buckle which fastens the legislative part of the state to the executive part becomes one single man'.12 However, the theory has antecedents that go back to the beginnings of the...