The English Constitution
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About This Book
Walter Bagehot'sThe English Constitution(1867) is the best account of the history and workings of the British political system ever written. As arguments raged in mid-Victorian Britain about giving the working man the vote, and democracies overseas were pitched into despotism and civil war, Bagehot took a long, cool look at the "dignified" and "efficient" elements which made the English system the envy of the world. His analysis of the monarchy, the role of the prime minister and cabinet, and comparisons with the American presidential system are astute and timeless, pertinent to current discus...
Chapters (15)
- THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION
- Walter Bagehot
- CONTENTS
- NO. I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- II.
- NO. II. THE CABINET.
- NO. III. THE MONARCHY.
- I.
- II.
- NO. IV. THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
- NO. V. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
- NO. VI. ON CHANGES OF MINISTRY.
- NO. VII. ITS SUPPOSED CHECKS AND BALANCES.
- NO. VIII. THE PREREQUISITES OF CABINET GOVERNMENT, AND THE PECULIAR FORM WHICH THEY HAVE ASSUMED IN ENGLAND.
- NO. IX. ITS HISTORY, AND THE EFFECTS OF THAT HISTORY.—CONCLUSION.
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