...procedure led, in the years following, to ministerial encroachment on the equality of private and gov2. "The efficient secret of the English Constitution...complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers. . . . The connecting link is the cabinet... A cabinet is a combining committee—a hyphen which joins,...

...ministers and government formation in parliamentary democracies Michael Laver and Kenneth A. Shepsle The efficient secret of the English Constitution may...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...

...systems, then one converts hypothesis into tautology. Representative Democracy: Two-Party Government The efficient secret of the English Constitution may...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...

...English Constitution, the Earl of Derby, a member of the House of Lords, was prime minister.35 33. "The efficient secret of the English Constitution...complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers . . . The connecting link is the cabinet . . . The cabinet, in a word, is a board of control chosen...

...employing the Whip. Bagehot characterised this organic link between the legislature and the executive thus: the efficient secret of the English Constitution may...nearly complete fusion of the executive and legislative power.119 This arrangement certainly expedites matters but others have been more hesitant in praise,...

...baloney even in the mid-nineteenth century — the high point of classical parliamentary government: The efficient secret of the English Constitution may...complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers. In Bagehot's view this 'fusion' of powers, in conjunction with the aforementioned parliamentary constraints,...

...(crown, Lords, and Commons), in order to reveal what he calls the 'efficient secret' of the constitution, 'the close union, the nearly complete fusion of the executive and legislative powers', which are brought into conjunction in the cabinet, the 'hyphen' which joins, the 'buckle' which fastens...

...executive and parliament represented 'the efficient secret of the English constitution' which: ... may be described as the close union, the nearly 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...

...legislature (from both MPs and peers), and is, in theory, subordinate and accountable to the legislature. 'The efficient secret of the English constitution...complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers' (Bagehot 1867). The choice of government depends upon the strength of party representation and continued...

...devoted much space to its analysis as an aspect of the separation of powers.18 Bagehot's remark that 'the efficient secret of the English constitution...nearly complete fusion of the executive and legislative power' relates to the intermix of persons and membership as distinct 17 On all of this, see particularly...