The English Constitution: A Popular Commentary on the Constitutional Law of EnglandJ. Burns, 1841 - 712 páginas |
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... executive powers were each vested in two or more co - ordinate persons or bodies independent of each other , the unity of the sovereign power would be destroyed , and the ruin of the state would probably fol- low . The members of the ...
... executive powers were each vested in two or more co - ordinate persons or bodies independent of each other , the unity of the sovereign power would be destroyed , and the ruin of the state would probably fol- low . The members of the ...
Página 90
... executive authority are in distinct hands , the former will take care not to entrust the latter with so large a power as may tend to the subversion of its own inde- pendence , and therewith of the liberty of the subject . " These ...
... executive authority are in distinct hands , the former will take care not to entrust the latter with so large a power as may tend to the subversion of its own inde- pendence , and therewith of the liberty of the subject . " These ...
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... executive and judicial powers are entrusted to the Queen . But both these last - mentioned attributes of the crown are subject to certain salutary checks and restraints , of which we shall have occasion to speak more at large , - the ...
... executive and judicial powers are entrusted to the Queen . But both these last - mentioned attributes of the crown are subject to certain salutary checks and restraints , of which we shall have occasion to speak more at large , - the ...
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... executive authority , because it tends to secure the executive against encroachments which might be attempted by the legislature . Thus , as we are told by that great commentator , " the long par- liament of Charles I. , while it acted ...
... executive authority , because it tends to secure the executive against encroachments which might be attempted by the legislature . Thus , as we are told by that great commentator , " the long par- liament of Charles I. , while it acted ...
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... executive of any of its legal rights without its own consent . " And herein , indeed , consists the true excellence of the English government , that all the parts of it form a mutual check upon each other . In the legislature the people ...
... executive of any of its legal rights without its own consent . " And herein , indeed , consists the true excellence of the English government , that all the parts of it form a mutual check upon each other . In the legislature the people ...
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Página 69 - But this must be understood with very many and very great restrictions. Such colonists carry with them only so much of the English law as is applicable to their own situation and the condition of an infant colony ; such, for instance, as the general rules of inheritance; and of protection from personal injuries.
Página 154 - 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
Página 677 - WHEREAS the raising or keeping a standing army within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in time of peace, unless it be with the consent of Parliament, is against law...
Página 184 - And whereas the laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the kings and queens who shall ascend the throne of this realm ought to administer the government of the same according to the said laws, and all their officers and ministers ought to serve them respectively according to the same...
Página 157 - Crown and royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to be to the heirs of the body of the said Princess; and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark, and the heirs of her body and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said Prince of Orange.
Página 100 - My worthy colleague says, his will ought to be subservient to yours. If that be all, the thing is innocent. If government were a matter of will upon any side, yours, without question, ought to be superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination...
Página 36 - Equity is a roguish thing : for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...
Página 157 - ... the said prince and princess during their lives and the life of the survivor of them; and that the sole and full exercise of the regal power be only in and executed by the said prince of Orange...
Página 100 - But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what sort of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decide; and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments?
Página 72 - ... (such proportion to be raised under the authority of the general court, or general assembly, of such province or colony, and disposable by parliament,) and shall engage to make provision also for the support of the civil government, and the administration of justice, in such province or colony, it will be proper, if such proposal...