The Constitution of England, Or An Account of the English Government;: In which it is Compared with the Republican Form of Government, and Occasionally with the Other Monarchies in Europe

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T. Spilsbury, ... and sold by G. Kearsley, 1775 - 448 páginas

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Página 110 - M. st. 2, c. 2, as one of the liberties of the people, " that the freedom of speech, and debates, and proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Página 104 - 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 or queen,
Página 304 - 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 264 - And the English constitution has not only excluded from any share in the execution of the laws those in whom the people trust for the enacting them, but it has also taken from them what would have had the same pernicious influence on their deliberations — the hope of ever invading that executive authority, and transferring it to themselves. This authority has been made in England one single, indivisible prerogative: it has been made for ever the...
Página 164 - 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 165 - I. c. 10. §8. whereby it is enacted, that if any person be committed by the king himself in person, or by his privy council, or by any of the members thereof, he shall have granted unto him, without any delay upon any pretence whatsoever, a writ of habeas corpus...
Página 84 - England have intrusted the king, we are at a loss to reconcile them with the idea of a monarchy, which, we are told, is limited. The king not only unites in himself all the branches of the executive power; he not only disposes, without control, of the whole military power in the state ; — but he is, moreover, it seems, master of the law itself, since he calls up, and dismisses, at his will, the legislative bodies. We find him., therefore, at...
Página 166 - Guernsey, or any places beyond the seas, within or without the king's dominions, on pain that the party committing, his advisers, aiders, and assistants, shall forfeit to the party...
Página 282 - But whether the authority of the judges be exerted at the motion of a private individual, or whether it be at the instance of the government itself, their sole office is to declare the punishment established by the law : — it is to the jury alone that it belongs to determine on the matter of law as well as on the matter of fact ; that is, to determine, not only whether the writing...
Página 83 - ... proper. VII. In fine, what seems to carry so many powers to the height, is, its being a fundamental maxim, that THE KING CAN DO NO WRONG : •which does not signify, however, that the king has not the power of doing ill, or, as it was pretended by certain persons in former times,, that every thing he did was lawful; but only that he is above the reach of all courts of law whatever, and that his person is sacred and inviolable.

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