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... executive , and the judicial powers , are quite divided - that each is entrusted to a separate person or set of persons - that no one of these can at all interfere with the work of the other . There has been much eloquence expended in ...
... executive , and the judicial powers , are quite divided - that each is entrusted to a separate person or set of persons - that no one of these can at all interfere with the work of the other . There has been much eloquence expended in ...
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... executive and legislative powers . No doubt by the traditional theory , as it exists in all the books , the goodness of our constitu- tion consists in the entire separation of the legis- lative and executive authorities , but in truth ...
... executive and legislative powers . No doubt by the traditional theory , as it exists in all the books , the goodness of our constitu- tion consists in the entire separation of the legis- lative and executive authorities , but in truth ...
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... ' . The legislature chosen , in name , to make laws , in fact finds its principal business in making and in keeping an executive . The leading minister so selected has to choose his associates 10 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
... ' . The legislature chosen , in name , to make laws , in fact finds its principal business in making and in keeping an executive . The leading minister so selected has to choose his associates 10 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION.
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... executive part of the state . In its origin it belongs to the one , in its 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 ...
... executive part of the state . In its origin it belongs to the one , in its 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 ...
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... executive power by the legis- lative power ; it is a fusion of the two . Either the It is said that at the end of the cabinet which agreed to propose a fixed duty on corn , Lord Melbourne put his back to the door , and said , ' Now is ...
... executive power by the legis- lative power ; it is a fusion of the two . Either the It is said that at the end of the cabinet which agreed to propose a fixed duty on corn , Lord Melbourne put his back to the door , and said , ' Now is ...
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