The English ConstitutionH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 291 стор. 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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... opinion of the Commons is also the opinion of the nation , and when it is clear that the nation has made up its mind . Whether or not the nation has made up mind is a question to be decided by all the circumstances of the case , and in ...
... opinion of the Commons is also the opinion of the nation , and when it is clear that the nation has made up its mind . Whether or not the nation has made up mind is a question to be decided by all the circumstances of the case , and in ...
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... opinion of the representative as well as the opinion of the constituency , no one would wish to have any attention paid to them . But if the opinion of the nation be strong and be universal , if it be really believed by members of ...
... opinion of the representative as well as the opinion of the constituency , no one would wish to have any attention paid to them . But if the opinion of the nation be strong and be universal , if it be really believed by members of ...
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... opinion ; they had fewer irritants and fewer species of irritability . But the assemblies of the '48 Republic were disorderly in the extreme . I saw the last myself , and can certify that steady discussion upon a critical point was not ...
... opinion ; they had fewer irritants and fewer species of irritability . But the assemblies of the '48 Republic were disorderly in the extreme . I saw the last myself , and can certify that steady discussion upon a critical point was not ...
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... opinion was expressed that taxation in all possible forms should immediately , and to the largest extent , be made effective and impera- tive ; and Congress spurred up , and rightfully relying on public sentiment to sustain their action ...
... opinion was expressed that taxation in all possible forms should immediately , and to the largest extent , be made effective and impera- tive ; and Congress spurred up , and rightfully relying on public sentiment to sustain their action ...
Сторінка lxxi
... opinion . I do not apologise for dwelling at length upon these points , for the subject is one of transcendent importance . The practical choice of first - rate nations is between the Presidential Government and the Parliamentary ; no ...
... opinion . I do not apologise for dwelling at length upon these points , for the subject is one of transcendent importance . The practical choice of first - rate nations is between the Presidential Government and the Parliamentary ; no ...
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Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
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