History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... election of the deputies of counties and boroughs . — Who were the electors ? -No uniform principle to regulate elections in boroughs and towns . - Voting in public 350 . 359 368 . 377 xviii CONTENTS . LECTURE XV . Page Philosophical ...
... election of the deputies of counties and boroughs . — Who were the electors ? -No uniform principle to regulate elections in boroughs and towns . - Voting in public 350 . 359 368 . 377 xviii CONTENTS . LECTURE XV . Page Philosophical ...
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... elections . - Examination of the principle of direct or indirect election LECTURE XVII . Origin of the division of the English Parliament into two Houses . -Its original constitution . - Reproduction of the classifications of society in ...
... elections . - Examination of the principle of direct or indirect election LECTURE XVII . Origin of the division of the English Parliament into two Houses . -Its original constitution . - Reproduction of the classifications of society in ...
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... election may be discerned therein . The causes of this are simple . warlike tribes , there is , in war at least , a single chieftain ; the man of greatest valour and largest experience , says to his comrades , " Come with me— e - I will ...
... election may be discerned therein . The causes of this are simple . warlike tribes , there is , in war at least , a single chieftain ; the man of greatest valour and largest experience , says to his comrades , " Come with me— e - I will ...
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... Election ; -3rd . Publicity . THE forms of a government are immediately related to its principle : the principle determines the forms , the forms reveal the principle . It does not therefore follow that the forms correspond exactly to ...
... Election ; -3rd . Publicity . THE forms of a government are immediately related to its principle : the principle determines the forms , the forms reveal the principle . It does not therefore follow that the forms correspond exactly to ...
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... Election ; 3rd . Publicity . We have seen that no really existing power can be a rightful power , except in so far as it acts according to reason and truth , the only legitimate rule of action , the only source of right . No existing ...
... Election ; 3rd . Publicity . We have seen that no really existing power can be a rightful power , except in so far as it acts according to reason and truth , the only legitimate rule of action , the only source of right . No existing ...
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Page 366 - I. Edward, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Guyan, to all those that these present letters shall hear or see, greeting. Know ye that we to the honour of God and of holy Church, and to the profit of our realm, have granted for us and our heirs, that the Charter of Liberties and the Charter of the Forest, which were made by common assent of all the realm, in the time of King Henry our father, shall be kept in every point without breach.