The English Constitution

by The Perfect Library (Editor), Walter Bagehot

Overview

"The English Constitution" from Walter Bagehot. British journalist, businessman, and essayist (1826-1877).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781511437301
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/24/2015
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.97(d)

About the Author

Walter Bagehot

Table of Contents

Advertisement; 1. The cabinet; 2. The pre-requisites of cabinet government; 3. The monarchy; 4. The monarchy (cont.); 5. The House of Lords; 6. The House of Commons; 7. On changes of ministry; 8. Its supposed checks and balances; 9. Its history, and the effects of that history; Appendix.

Editorial Reviews

“This timely new edition of Bagehot’s classic study is essential reading for today's constitutional reformers and students of Britain's elective dictatorship. Gavin Phillipson’s scholarly and shrewd introduction makes key links between past and present.”  —Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC

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