Great Books of the Western World, 38. köideRobert Maynard Hutchins Encyclopædia Britannica, 1952 |
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... Monarchies do not permit of so great a simplicity of laws as despotic govern- ments . For in monarchies there must be courts of judicature ; these must give their decisions ; the decisions must be preserved and learned , that we may ...
... Monarchies do not permit of so great a simplicity of laws as despotic govern- ments . For in monarchies there must be courts of judicature ; these must give their decisions ; the decisions must be preserved and learned , that we may ...
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... monarchy . I am not ignorant that there were confed- erate republics ; in which several towns sent deputies to an assembly . But I affirm there was no monarchy on that model . The first plan , therefore , of the monarchies we are ...
... monarchy . I am not ignorant that there were confed- erate republics ; in which several towns sent deputies to an assembly . But I affirm there was no monarchy on that model . The first plan , therefore , of the monarchies we are ...
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... monarchies the prince is invested with the executive and legislative powers , or at least with part of the ... monarchies could not long sub- sist . For as soon as the people got the legisla- tive power into their hands , they might , as ...
... monarchies the prince is invested with the executive and legislative powers , or at least with part of the ... monarchies could not long sub- sist . For as soon as the people got the legisla- tive power into their hands , they might , as ...
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Different Character of the Laws of the Several | 1 |
That the Law of Polygamy Is an Affair That | 4 |
In What Governments the Sovereign May | 5 |
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