The Constitution of England: Or, An Account of the English Government; in which it is Compared Both with the Republican Form of Government, and the Other Monarchies in EuropeG. Wilkie, 1816 - 556 páginas "A classic treatment of the English constitution and of comparative constitutional law, said to have prompted Bentham's remark that "Our author [Blackstone] has copied: but Mr. de L'olme has thought"; with the frontispiece of de Lolme."--Meyer Boswell books description |
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... common to all ; and they were sensible , besides , that they were the necessary supporters of it . Instructed by the ... law ; and thus did those rights with which the lords had strengthened them- selves , in order to oppose the tyranny ...
... common to all ; and they were sensible , besides , that they were the necessary supporters of it . Instructed by the ... law ; and thus did those rights with which the lords had strengthened them- selves , in order to oppose the tyranny ...
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... laws ; -that , as the judges cannot be deprived of their employments but on an ... common choice of the par- ties * , all private views , and consequently all ... law in civil matters , that has taken place in England . When the Pandects ...
... laws ; -that , as the judges cannot be deprived of their employments but on an ... common choice of the par- ties * , all private views , and consequently all ... law in civil matters , that has taken place in England . When the Pandects ...
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... Common Law , to prove , that , in the few cases in which the civil law is admitted in England , it can have no power by virtue of any deference due to the orders of Justinian ( a truth which certainly had no need of proof ) , we plainly ...
... Common Law , to prove , that , in the few cases in which the civil law is admitted in England , it can have no power by virtue of any deference due to the orders of Justinian ( a truth which certainly had no need of proof ) , we plainly ...
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... law . The laws therefore that have taken place in England are what they call the unwritten law ( also termed the common law ) , and the statute law . The unwritten law is thus called , not because it is only transmitted by tradition ...
... law . The laws therefore that have taken place in England are what they call the unwritten law ( also termed the common law ) , and the statute law . The unwritten law is thus called , not because it is only transmitted by tradition ...
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... common law , are the rules of descent , the different methods of acquiring property , the various forms required for rendering contracts valid ; in all which points it differs , more or less , from the civil law . Thus , by the common ...
... common law , are the rules of descent , the different methods of acquiring property , the various forms required for rendering contracts valid ; in all which points it differs , more or less , from the civil law . Thus , by the common ...
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Página 91 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by...
Página 190 - And yet, early in the reign of Charles I. the court of king's bench, relying on some arbitrary precedents, and those perhaps misunderstood, determined that they could not upon a habeas corpus either bail or deliver a prisoner, though committed without any cause assigned, in case he was committed by the special command of the king, or by the lords of the privy council.
Página 91 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Página 295 - The liberty of the press, as established in England, consists therefore (to define it more precisely) in this, that neither the courts of justice, nor any other judges whatever, are authorized to take notice of writings intended for the press, but are confined to those which are actually printed, and must, in these cases, proceed by the trial by jury.
Página 92 - Power maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by Law ? and will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of this Realm, and to the Churches committed to their Charge, all such Rights and Privileges as by Law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? King and Queen : All this I promise to do.
Página 315 - 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 316 - And, lastly, to vindicate these rights when actually violated or attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law ; next, to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances ; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defence.
Página 59 - An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and settling the succession of the Crown.
Página 92 - The things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep : so help me God :" and then shall kiss the book (12).
Página 219 - That the reader may be more sensible of the advantages of this division, he is desired to attend to the following considerations. It is, without doubt, absolutely necessary, for securing the constitution of a state, to restrain the executive power : but it is still more necessary to restrain the legislative. What the former can only do by successive steps (I mean subvert the laws), and through a longer or shorter train of enterprises, the latter can do in a moment. As its bare will can give being...