Commentaries on the constitution and laws of England, incorporated with the political text of ... J. L. De Lolme, embracing the alterations to the present timeJohn Richards&Company, 1841 - 476 pages |
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... legislature over all papal decrees and spiritual canons ( 2 ) . He also undertook the conquest of Ireland , and annexed that kingdom to the English crown ; and after he had been victorious in all quarters , and become absolute master of ...
... legislature over all papal decrees and spiritual canons ( 2 ) . He also undertook the conquest of Ireland , and annexed that kingdom to the English crown ; and after he had been victorious in all quarters , and become absolute master of ...
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... legislature had proscribed , and proscribed , not because it tended to establish in England the doctrines of transubstantiation and purgatory , -doctrines in themselves of no political moment , but because the unlimited power of the ...
... legislature had proscribed , and proscribed , not because it tended to establish in England the doctrines of transubstantiation and purgatory , -doctrines in themselves of no political moment , but because the unlimited power of the ...
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... Legislature has made in the PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND AND WALES . It is not within the limits of this book , nor is it essential , in shewing what that constitution now is , to enter into what may be termed the working parts ...
... Legislature has made in the PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND AND WALES . It is not within the limits of this book , nor is it essential , in shewing what that constitution now is , to enter into what may be termed the working parts ...
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... legislature must be had to make any law that shall bind the people . It is the king or queen regnant alone who can con- voke it , and he or she alone can dissolve or prorogue it . In extreme cases , and when the peace of the nation has ...
... legislature must be had to make any law that shall bind the people . It is the king or queen regnant alone who can con- voke it , and he or she alone can dissolve or prorogue it . In extreme cases , and when the peace of the nation has ...
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... shall exist . " There is no inherent right or supreme power in the people to remove or alter the legislature , should it abuse its trust . Mr. Locke and other theoretical writers have held , that in such CHAP . IV . ] 85 OF ENGLAND .
... shall exist . " There is no inherent right or supreme power in the people to remove or alter the legislature , should it abuse its trust . Mr. Locke and other theoretical writers have held , that in such CHAP . IV . ] 85 OF ENGLAND .
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