The English ConstitutionH. S. King & Company, 1872 - Всего страниц: 291 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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... result . But a French Assembly is not easy to reason with . Every Assembly is divided into parties and into sections of parties , and in France each party , almost every section of a party , begins not to clamour but to scream , and to ...
... result . But a French Assembly is not easy to reason with . Every Assembly is divided into parties and into sections of parties , and in France each party , almost every section of a party , begins not to clamour but to scream , and to ...
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... result would be , as I have tried to explain , that the Assem- bly would be always changing its Ministry , that having no reason to fear the penalty which that change so often brings in England , they would be ready to make it once a ...
... result would be , as I have tried to explain , that the Assem- bly would be always changing its Ministry , that having no reason to fear the penalty which that change so often brings in England , they would be ready to make it once a ...
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... results of money matters speak to and interest all mankind . And every incident in this part of American financial history exemplifies the con- trast between a Parliamentary and a Presidential Govern- ment . • The distinguishing quality ...
... results of money matters speak to and interest all mankind . And every incident in this part of American financial history exemplifies the con- trast between a Parliamentary and a Presidential Govern- ment . • The distinguishing quality ...
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... result is untold wealth . Even under a Parliamentary Government such a community could and would bear taxation much more easily than Englishmen ever would . But difference of physical character in this respect is of little moment in ...
... result is untold wealth . Even under a Parliamentary Government such a community could and would bear taxation much more easily than Englishmen ever would . But difference of physical character in this respect is of little moment in ...
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... result of the comparison is that a Presi- dential Government makes it much easier than the Par- liamentary to maintain a great surplus of income over expenditure , but that it does not give the same facility for examining whether it is ...
... result of the comparison is that a Presi- dential Government makes it much easier than the Par- liamentary to maintain a great surplus of income over expenditure , but that it does not give the same facility for examining whether it is ...
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