The English ConstitutionA 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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... functions which philosophers had suggested on paper , but which they had hardly hoped to see except on paper . Secondly , it is insisted that the peculiar excellence of the British Constitution lies in a balanced union of three powers ...
... functions which philosophers had suggested on paper , but which they had hardly hoped to see except on paper . Secondly , it is insisted that the peculiar excellence of the British Constitution lies in a balanced union of three powers ...
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... functions it belongs to the other . The most curious point about the cabinet is that so very little is known about it . The meetings are not only secret in theory , but secret in reality . By the present practice , no official minute in ...
... functions it belongs to the other . The most curious point about the cabinet is that so very little is known about it . The meetings are not only secret in theory , but secret in reality . By the present practice , no official minute in ...
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... This is the most graphic story of a cabinet I ever heard , but I cannot vouch for its truth . Lord Melbourne's is a character about which men make stories . This fusion of the legislative and executive functions . may THE CABINET . 15.
... This is the most graphic story of a cabinet I ever heard , but I cannot vouch for its truth . Lord Melbourne's is a character about which men make stories . This fusion of the legislative and executive functions . may THE CABINET . 15.
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Walter Bagehot. This fusion of the legislative and executive functions . may , to those who have not much considered it , seem but a dry and small matter to be the latent essence and effectual secret of the English Constitution ; but we ...
Walter Bagehot. This fusion of the legislative and executive functions . may , to those who have not much considered it , seem but a dry and small matter to be the latent essence and effectual secret of the English Constitution ; but we ...
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... functions of the House of Commons are important and continuous . It does not , like the Electoral College in the United States , separate when it has elected its ruler ; it watches , legislates , seats and unseats ministries , from day ...
... functions of the House of Commons are important and continuous . It does not , like the Electoral College in the United States , separate when it has elected its ruler ; it watches , legislates , seats and unseats ministries , from day ...
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