 ... have the means of examining in what manner its laws have been executed; an advantage which this government has over that of Crete and Sparta, where the cosmi and the ephori gave no account of their administration.  The Spirit of Laws - Page 188by Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1793Full view - About this book
 | Historical miscellany - 1774 - 352 pages
...the legiflation, but likewife to the execution itfelf; which was attended with infinite ;nifcliiefs. But if the legiflative power in a free government...where the Cofmi and the Ephori gave no account of thtir adminiftration. But whatever may be the iffue of that examination, the legiflative body ought... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...infinite mifchiefs. But if the legiflative power, in a free government, ought to have no right to Hop the executive, it has a right, and ought to have the...the Cofmi and the Ephori gave no account of their adminift ration. But whatever may be the iffiie of that examination, the legiflative body ought not... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...the Icgiflation, but likcwife to the execution itfelf ; which was attended with infinite mifchicfs. But if the legiflative power, in a free government,...to have the means of examining in what manner its Jaws have been executed ; an advantage which this government has over that of Crete and Sparta, where... | |
 | English literature - 1797 - 680 pages
...infinite mifcliiefs. Bot if the legiilative power, in a free government, ought to have no right to llop the executive, it has a right, and ought to have the means of examining in what n-anncr its laws have been executed ; aa advantage which this government has over that of Crete and... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1802 - 378 pages
...infinite mifchiefs. But if the legiflative power in a free government ought to have no right to flop the executive, it has a right, and ought to have the...examination, the legiflative body ought not to have a power of judging the perfon, nor of courfe the conduft of him who is intrufled with the executive power.... | |
 | English prose literature - 1814 - 390 pages
...misehiefs. But if the legislative power, in a free govermuent, ought to have no right to stop the exeeutive, it has a right, and ought to have the means of examining in what m&nner its laws have heen exeeuted ; an advantage whieh this govermuent has over that of Crete and... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - Evolution - 1899 - 472 pages
...attended with infinite mischief. I But if the legislative power in a free state has no right to / stay the executive, it has a right and ought to have the...government has over that of Crete and Sparta, where the Cosmi k and the Ephori / gave no account oi their administration. But whatever may be the issue of... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 506 pages
...attended with infinite mischiefs. But if the legislative power in a free state, has no right to stay the executive, it has a right and ought to have the...government has over that of Crete and Sparta, where the Cosmi and the Ephori gave no account of their administration. But whatever may be the issue of that... | |
 | Francis William Coker - Political science - 1914 - 608 pages
...attended with infinite mischief. But if the legislative power in a free state has no right to stay the executive, it has a right and ought to have the...government has over that of Crete and Sparta, where the cosmi and the ephori gave no account of their administration. But whatever may be the issue of that... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1927 - 1228 pages
...capable of, and which none indeed but themselves can properly perform . . . the legislative power . . . has a right and ought to have the means of examining in what manner its laws have been executed." MONTESQUIEU, SPIRIT OF LAWS (1750) Bk. XI, c. 6. 225 Cf. LIPPMAN, THE PHANTOM PUBLIC (1925) passim.... | |
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