The True Theory of Representation in a State ...Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - Representative government and representation - 101 pages |
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... tion of the first principles of political govern- ment , and of parliamentary representation ; exactly similar conclusions have been ob- tained through an inquiry into the practical working of our present representative system , by a ...
... tion of the first principles of political govern- ment , and of parliamentary representation ; exactly similar conclusions have been ob- tained through an inquiry into the practical working of our present representative system , by a ...
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... tion Page 63-67 6888 68-69 · 71-73 Establishment of a new Order of Peers for Life · 73-76 Punishment and Prevention of Bribery 76-84 Proposal for Voting by Proxy Papers 84-89 Duration and Dissolution of Parliaments 89-94 Due ...
... tion Page 63-67 6888 68-69 · 71-73 Establishment of a new Order of Peers for Life · 73-76 Punishment and Prevention of Bribery 76-84 Proposal for Voting by Proxy Papers 84-89 Duration and Dissolution of Parliaments 89-94 Due ...
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... tion more especially , have generally arisen not so much from following a wrong principle , as from proceeding without the adoption of any principle whatever . If wrong principle has produced its errors by thousands , the absence of all ...
... tion more especially , have generally arisen not so much from following a wrong principle , as from proceeding without the adoption of any principle whatever . If wrong principle has produced its errors by thousands , the absence of all ...
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... people as the exclusion altogether of a large por- tion of them from the elective franchise . These individuals are therefore deprived of their votes by our Constitution , not from any jealousy of the c 2 TO REPRESENTATION . 19.
... people as the exclusion altogether of a large por- tion of them from the elective franchise . These individuals are therefore deprived of their votes by our Constitution , not from any jealousy of the c 2 TO REPRESENTATION . 19.
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... tion to those antagonistic principles of ignorance and folly which , whether in the State or in the man , will ever be opposed to and operate against it . In an assembly which is not only representative , but deliberative also , as is ...
... tion to those antagonistic principles of ignorance and folly which , whether in the State or in the man , will ever be opposed to and operate against it . In an assembly which is not only representative , but deliberative also , as is ...
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