The Constitution of England: Or, An Account of the English Government: in which it is Compared Both with the Republican Form of Government and the Other Monarchies in EuropeH. G. Bohn, 1853 - 376 стор. |
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Сторінка 39
... legislative power shall be- come more corrupt than the executive . " The liberties of the nation must indeed have been smothered , though not utterly destroyed , when Henry could have passed the six bloody articles , by which every ...
... legislative power shall be- come more corrupt than the executive . " The liberties of the nation must indeed have been smothered , though not utterly destroyed , when Henry could have passed the six bloody articles , by which every ...
Сторінка 41
... legislative authority ; the Puritans arose ; and even Hume admits that " the precious sparks of liberty had been kindled and preserved by the Puritans alone : to this sect , whose principles were so frivolous , and habits so ridiculous ...
... legislative authority ; the Puritans arose ; and even Hume admits that " the precious sparks of liberty had been kindled and preserved by the Puritans alone : to this sect , whose principles were so frivolous , and habits so ridiculous ...
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... legislative period of English History - that of the Long Parliament . It is true that , when it formed a tribunal to try and condemn the king , it became an illegally constituted assembly . Nor had the Rump of that Parliament more power ...
... legislative period of English History - that of the Long Parliament . It is true that , when it formed a tribunal to try and condemn the king , it became an illegally constituted assembly . Nor had the Rump of that Parliament more power ...
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... LEGISLATIVE POWER . In almost all the states of Europe , the will of the prince holds the place of law ; and custom has so confounded the matter of right with the matter of ... LEGISLATIVE POWER . 51 CHAPTER PAGE Of the Legislative Power.
... LEGISLATIVE POWER . In almost all the states of Europe , the will of the prince holds the place of law ; and custom has so confounded the matter of right with the matter of ... LEGISLATIVE POWER . 51 CHAPTER PAGE Of the Legislative Power.
Сторінка 52
... legislative authority as essentially attached to the character of king ; and the plenitude of his power seems to them necessarily to flow from the very defi- nition of his title . The English , placed in more favourable circumstances ...
... legislative authority as essentially attached to the character of king ; and the plenitude of his power seems to them necessarily to flow from the very defi- nition of his title . The English , placed in more favourable circumstances ...
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Сторінка 342 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Сторінка 343 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published.
Сторінка 189 - Sense taken for a malicious Defamation, expressed either in Printing or Writing, and tending either to blacken the Memory of one who is dead, or the Reputation of one who is alive, and to expose him to public Hatred, Contempt or Ridicule.
Сторінка 338 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical, or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal ; this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Сторінка 77 - Will you to the utmost of your " power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the " gospel, and the protestant reformed religion established " by the law ? And will you preserve unto the bishops and " clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to " their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do " or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? — King " or queen. All this I promise to do.
Сторінка 51 - An act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and settling the succession of the crown.
Сторінка 76 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Сторінка 344 - ... will entirely lose its force when it is shown by a reasonable exertion of the laws that the press cannot be abused to any bad purpose without incurring a suitable punishment, whereas it never can be used to any good one when under the control of an Inspector. So true will it be found that to censure the licentiousness is to maintain the liberty of the press."—Blackstone, B.
Сторінка 369 - DRESS AND HABITS OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND, from the Establishment of the Saxons in Britain to the Present Time. With an Historical Inquiry into every branch of Costume, Ancient and Modern.