History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... social contract . - The nature of rightful sovereignty . - Con- fused and contradictory ideas entertained on this subject.- Societies , as individuals , possess the right of being placed under laws of justice and reason . - Governments ...
... social contract . - The nature of rightful sovereignty . - Con- fused and contradictory ideas entertained on this subject.- Societies , as individuals , possess the right of being placed under laws of justice and reason . - Governments ...
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... social conditions . - Slavery . - Attempt to determine the cordi tion of persons according to the Wehrgeld . - Table of twenty - one principal cases of Wehrgeld . - Uncertainty of this principle.- The true method of ascertaining the ...
... social conditions . - Slavery . - Attempt to determine the cordi tion of persons according to the Wehrgeld . - Table of twenty - one principal cases of Wehrgeld . - Uncertainty of this principle.- The true method of ascertaining the ...
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... social conditions in the Roman Empire , before the final invasion of the Barbarians . - The privileged classes , and curials . Their obligations , functions , and immunities . - Attri- butes of the curia as a body . - Of the various ...
... social conditions in the Roman Empire , before the final invasion of the Barbarians . - The privileged classes , and curials . Their obligations , functions , and immunities . - Attri- butes of the curia as a body . - Of the various ...
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... social reforms , during epochs full of ambi- tion and hope , when important changes are on all sides demanded and necessary , the authority of the past is the one obstacle which opposes itself to all tendency to inno- vation . The ...
... social reforms , during epochs full of ambi- tion and hope , when important changes are on all sides demanded and necessary , the authority of the past is the one obstacle which opposes itself to all tendency to inno- vation . The ...
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... social chaos , was neither so firmly consoli- dated nor so mentally disciplined as to be able to secure at once order by the equitable administration of power , and liberty by the safeguards of large and influential public institutions ...
... social chaos , was neither so firmly consoli- dated nor so mentally disciplined as to be able to secure at once order by the equitable administration of power , and liberty by the safeguards of large and influential public institutions ...
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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.