The Governance of England (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Low, Sidney

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330551087 ISBN 13 : 9781330551080

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

It is a fact I have had to keep in mind in preparing for the press this new edition of a book first published more than nine years ago. Such fidelity to the original as the sketch may have possessed when executed might be lost in the attempt to make it a register of all the changes which time has wrought upon the features of the subject. The task would be one of peculiar difficulty at the present moment; for my revised edition is called for, as it happens, while the structure of our polity is undergoing a process of reconstruction still incomplete. With the ultimate form and powers of the Upper Chamber in suspense, and with the revolution in the government of I reland impending but undecided, it would be futile to pass a definite judgment on transitory developments which must eventually assume a more definite and tangible shape. And so, while drawing some fresh illustrations and arguments from the events of the past few years, I prefer to leave this book as, in the main, an account of the working constitution of the United Kingdom in the opening decade of the twentieth century.
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Présentation de l'éditeur :

The inquirer into the machinery of Eng Ush po Utics, who takes Machiavelli sadvice, and endeavours to follow the real truth of things rather than an imaginary view of them, is confronted by the difficulty which forced from De Tocqueville, in a moment of irritation, the impatient aphorism that there is no constitution in England: ellen existe point. The difl Sculty goes beyond the obvious difference, so often noticed, between an unwritten constitution and one embodied in fundamental acts or organic laws, like that of the United States, or that of France under the Third Bepublip. This distinction is deep and searching, but too much may be made of it. It is true the constitution of the United States enables the American commentator to discuss his subject with a precision and definiteness, to which his English rival seldom endeavours to attain. The former finds it easy to assume the strictly legal attitude; he has a fixed body of positive legislation to guide him, and in the last resort can always fall back upon an authoritative text.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330551087
• ISBN 13: 9781330551080
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 366