The Government of England: Its Structure and Its Development

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G. Robertson, 1886 - 636 pages
 

Contents

POLITICAL REPRESENTATION 1 Representation why unknown in antiquity
466
Representation why used in England
471
Henry III Statute of Merton
474
The history of the representation of the counties
476
The history of the representation of the Clergy
478
The history of the representation of the towns
480
Importance of representation not recognized at its com mencement
489
Representation supplies the organ for the legal expression of the popular will
490
Representation is not a substitute but an independent institution
495
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 1 Meaning of the expression the Commons House of Parliament
498
The representation of communities
500
The equal representation of electorates
503
The national character of representation
505
The independence of the House of Commons
511
Obsolete conditions of early representation
523
Richard II c 10 Administration of Justice
528
The original electors in counties
534
13
535
The original electors in towns
539
The history of electoral changes
541
Henry VIII c 15 Leases
542
THE CHECKS UPON PARLIAMENT 1 The classification of governments
546
The influence of the Crown and the Cabinet
548
The bicameral system
553
The Lex et consuetudo Parliamenti
556
The influence of the courts of law
558
The publicity of the exercise of public functions
562
The right of political discussion
570
The freedom of the Press
576
10
591
12
597
Report of the Committee of Elections and Qualifications
610
52
612
313
625
The aristocracy and the peerage of England
627
Fergie 370
628
13
632

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