History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... 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 ought to be continu- ally reminded of their ...
... 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 ought to be continu- ally reminded of their ...
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... sovereignty . Theories of writers who attempt to reconcile the principle of representation with that of individual sovereignty . -Erroneousness of the idea that the sovereignty belongs to the majority . True idea of representation . 334 ...
... sovereignty . Theories of writers who attempt to reconcile the principle of representation with that of individual sovereignty . -Erroneousness of the idea that the sovereignty belongs to the majority . True idea of representation . 334 ...
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... sovereignty was scattered . This is the first epoch . * The second epoch is that of the feudal system . Three essential characteristics belong to it ; 1st . The reduction of the mass of the people to slavery or a condition bordering ...
... sovereignty was scattered . This is the first epoch . * The second epoch is that of the feudal system . Three essential characteristics belong to it ; 1st . The reduction of the mass of the people to slavery or a condition bordering ...
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... Sovereignty tended to concentration , liberty to diffusion ; -national unity began to shape itself at the same time as monarchical unity appeared . This was at once indicated and promoted by attempts after a representative form of ...
... Sovereignty tended to concentration , liberty to diffusion ; -national unity began to shape itself at the same time as monarchical unity appeared . This was at once indicated and promoted by attempts after a representative form of ...
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... sovereignty of the West , which he had received from his father in the preceding year ; while his elder brother Arcadius obtained possession of the East . ABANDONMENT OF ITS COLONIES . 25 gradually abandoned her provinces.
... sovereignty of the West , which he had received from his father in the preceding year ; while his elder brother Arcadius obtained possession of the East . ABANDONMENT OF ITS COLONIES . 25 gradually abandoned her provinces.
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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.