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 EuropeG. Wilkie, 1816 - Всего страниц: 556 "A classic treatment of the English constitution and of comparative constitutional law, said to have prompted Bentham's remark that "Our author [Blackstone] has copied: but Mr. de L'olme has thought"; with the frontispiece of de Lolme."--Meyer Boswell books description |
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... chapters , several new notes and paragraphs were inserted in it ; for instance , in the 11th chapter of the 2d book : and three new chapters , the 15th , 16th , and 17th , amounting to about ninety pages , were added to the same book ...
... chapters , several new notes and paragraphs were inserted in it ; for instance , in the 11th chapter of the 2d book : and three new chapters , the 15th , 16th , and 17th , amounting to about ninety pages , were added to the same book ...
Стр. x
... chapter , that all the monarchs who ever existed , in any part of the world , were never able to maintain their ground against certain powerful subjects ( or a combination of them ) without the assistance of regular forces at their ...
... chapter , that all the monarchs who ever existed , in any part of the world , were never able to maintain their ground against certain powerful subjects ( or a combination of them ) without the assistance of regular forces at their ...
Стр. xi
... chapters added to the present edition , two ( the 10th , and 11th , B. I. ) contain , among other things , a few strictures on the Courts of Equity ; in which I wish it may be found I have not been mis- taken : of the two others , one ...
... chapters added to the present edition , two ( the 10th , and 11th , B. I. ) contain , among other things , a few strictures on the Courts of Equity ; in which I wish it may be found I have not been mis- taken : of the two others , one ...
Стр. xii
... chapter , Book II . On the peculiar foundations of the English monarchy as a monarchy ; as I found its tendency not to be very well understood ; and , in fact , that chapter contained little more than hints on the subject mentioned in ...
... chapter , Book II . On the peculiar foundations of the English monarchy as a monarchy ; as I found its tendency not to be very well understood ; and , in fact , that chapter contained little more than hints on the subject mentioned in ...
Стр. xiv
... chapter in the work , concerning the nature of the divisions that take place in this country , I have left in every English edition as I wrote it at first in French . With respect to the exact manner of the de- bates in parliament ...
... chapter in the work , concerning the nature of the divisions that take place in this country , I have left in every English edition as I wrote it at first in French . With respect to the exact manner of the de- bates in parliament ...
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Стр. 91 - 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...
Стр. 190 - And yet, early in the reign of Charles I. the court of king's bench, relying on some arbitrary precedents, and those perhaps misunderstood, determined that they could not upon a habeas corpus either bail or deliver a prisoner, though committed without any cause assigned, in case he was committed by the special command of the king, or by the lords of the privy council.
Стр. 91 - 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.
Стр. 295 - The liberty of the press, as established in England, consists therefore (to define it more precisely) in this, that neither the courts of justice, nor any other judges whatever, are authorized to take notice of writings intended for the press, but are confined to those which are actually printed, and must, in these cases, proceed by the trial by jury.
Стр. 92 - Power maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by 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 and Queen : All this I promise to do.
Стр. 315 - second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of " the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between " king and people — and, by the advice of Jesuits and other " wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, " and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom — has " abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby
Стр. 316 - And, lastly, to vindicate these rights when actually violated or attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law ; next, to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances ; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defence.
Стр. 59 - An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and settling the succession of the Crown.
Стр. 92 - The things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep : so help me God :" and then shall kiss the book (12).
Стр. 219 - That the reader may be more sensible of the advantages of this division, he is desired to attend to the following considerations. It is, without doubt, absolutely necessary, for securing the constitution of a state, to restrain the executive power : but it is still more necessary to restrain the legislative. What the former can only do by successive steps (I mean subvert the laws), and through a longer or shorter train of enterprises, the latter can do in a moment. As its bare will can give being...