Download or read book The Origin of the English Constitution Classic Reprint written by George Burton Adams and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origin of the English Constitution It is hardly necessary to point out to Americans that the history of the origin of the English Constitu tion is our history as much as it is the history of living Englishmen. Our institutional past until near the close of the seventeenth century is to be found in England alone. This f act the history of the seven teenth century shows clearly enough, f or if one will stu dy the constitutional innovations attempted or advocated during the period of Puritan rule, when the constitutional life of England abandoned for a moment all connexion with the monarchy, he will see how natural it seemed to the nation to turn to a sur prising number of the political expedients which in our government seem departures from the English system. When Englishmen at home broke with their own institutional precedents, and began to make a republic, it was to things of this kind that their minds were naturally led, as if they had been trained to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The History of the English Constitution Classic Reprint written by Rudolph Gneist and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of the English Constitution The History of the Constitution of England has hitherto only been written with regard to the Middle Ages, and separate centuries since the Reformation. In venturing to draw a picture of the thousand years' Constitutional History of such a nation, I must necessarily begin with an apology in order to explain the shortcomings and inequalities of my work, and in some measure to justify them in the eyes of the benevolent reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The English Constitution Classic Reprint written by Emile Boutmy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English Constitution It gives me much pleasure to see my friend M. Boutmy's work offered to English readers in a trustworthy form. I have not thought it necessary to examine the translation with minute care, but I have seen enough of it to rejoice that the author has been so fortunate in his translator. It is anything but an easy matter to turn good French into good English; in this case the task has been performed with excellent skill and judgment, and with close fidelity to the original. The book seems to me to deserve a welcome in England on two distinct grounds. First, if we take it as a concise view of the development of the English Constitution on the social and economic side, it fills a place that is not to my knowledge exactly filled by any of our own books. And this alone might suffice to recommend it. But another quality may well give it a positive value, not only for students, but for masters in history and political science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The History of the English Constitution Vol 1 of 2 Classic Reprint written by Rudolph Gneist and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of the English Constitution, Vol. 1 of 2 The History of the Constitution of England has hitherto only been written with regard to the Middle Ages, and separate centuries since the Reformation. In venturing to draw a picture of the thousand years' Constitutional History of such a nation, I must necessarily begin with an apology in order to explain the shortcomings and inequalities of my work, and in some measure to justify them in the eyes of the benevolent reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution Classic Reprint written by Edward Shepherd Creasy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-25 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution Except in the earlier part of the volume, I have entirely avoided ecclesiastical topics. I have found it impossible to deal with them, without mingling in some of the hottest controversies of the present day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Growth of the English Constitution From the Earliest Times Classic Reprint written by Edward Augustus Freeman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Growth of the English Constitution From the Earliest Times As I have often had need to take facts and doctrines for granted which I believe myself to have proved in my larger works, I have in the Notes given frequent references to those works. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The English Constitution Produced and Illustrated Classic Reprint written by John Cartwright and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English Constitution Produced and Illustrated Those who relish a little anticipation on a disputed question, might be better pleased, were the Title to run thus, The long-lost English Constitution at length found and produced: being an answer to 'the challenge of Paine, who denied its existence.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Popular Sketch of the Origin and Development of the English Constitution Vol 1 written by Henry Raikes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Popular Sketch of the Origin and Development of the English Constitution, Vol. 1: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time For myself I can claim little fitness for a work of this moment more than commonly appertains to the numerous class of lawyers who have combined some degree of political and historical research with their professional studies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Making of the English Constitution 449 1485 Classic Reprint written by Albert Beebe White and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Making of the English Constitution, 449-1485 The emphasis throughout has been upon evolution rather than upon description. The purpose has been to furnish a logically satisfying account of the genesis of each institution as far as present knowledge permits - to show exactly how it has become what it is. This has made it necessary to hold steadfastly to a given line of argument and to shun many alluring, and perhaps profitable, bypaths; while, on the other hand, it has sometimes entailed an apparent interruption of the theme in order to develop a line of thought needed for logical completeness. More time has been spent upon origins than upon descriptions of finished products or upon definitions, in the belief that students should obtain much from detailed and special works which would clog a general account of institutional development. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The History of the English Constitution Vol 2 of 2 Classic Reprint written by Rudolph Gneist and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of the English Constitution, Vol. 2 of 2 The development OF the county constitution 130-142 The militia system The judicial system The county police system Extensions of the Office of justice Of the peace (135 - 139) Assessment of taxes Municipal constitution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The English Constitution written by Jesse Macy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The English Constitution: A Commentary on Its Nature and Growth In the introductory chapter, the statement is made that one object of the book is to enable American readers to gain a better knowledge of the American government. It may be an advantage to some readers for me to add that Part I. Was prepared specifically in order that Americans might be able to read with greater profit Bryce's The American Common wealth. To fully appreciate that great work, the American needs to be well grounded in English politics. He must know the present Constitution in its theory and in its practice. Part II. Is designed to answer certain questions often raised in an attempt to understand the present English Constitution. Americans should never forget that, until the founding of the colonies, English history is our history. Nor should they fail to remember that for a hundred years after, there was a per sistent effort to establish in England a government according to what would now be called the American model, - that is, a government based upon an artificial constitution whereby the Legislature and the Executive should be balanced one against the other. It was not until the coming in of the House of Hanover, in 1715, that English constitution-making became of a distinctly different character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A General View of the Origin and Nature of the Constitution and Government of the United States Classic Reprint written by Henry Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A General View of the Origin and Nature of the Constitution and Government of the United States About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution Vol 2 of 2 written by Hannis Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution, Vol. 2 of 2: An Historical Treatise the Gradual Development of the English Constitutional System, and the Growth Out of That System of the Federal Republic of the United States Summary of the Contents of Vol. I: Old-English Commonwealth; Norman Conquest; process of fusion; struggle for the charters; treaty of Runnymede; growth of the law courts and the parliament; The rule or supremacy of law and the sovereignty of parliament the dominant principles of the English constitution; When parliamentary sovereignty reached its full growth; Exclusive right of parliament to authorize taxation; Old-English taxes supplemented by the new feudal taxes; hidage and scutage - the great land-taxes - gradually superseded by taxes upon personal property; fifteenths and tenths; memorable composition of 1334; unsuccessful attempt to levy poll taxes; right of tax-payer to assent to taxation; its connection with the growth of national assemblies; separate negotiation with each estate as to taxation; tax-payer's right dimly recognized during Norman period; conflict with the baronage results in articles 12 and 14 of the Great Charter, and finally in Confirmatio Cartarum; separate negotiations with clergy and commons; fiscal visits of justices from the exchequer; election and representation in the shire courts; representation in the national council a fiscal expedient; first the shires, then the towns represented; Earl Simon's parliament of 1265; Edward I.'s model parliament of 1295; right of nation to tax itself settled by Confirmatio Cartarum; transitions from local to central assent; and from feudal to national taxation; the customs revenue; its probable origin; article 41 of the Great Charter; great and ancient custom of 1275; new or small custom of 1302; origin of tonnage and poundage; summary; after 1322 the customs a part of the permanent revenue; additional subsidies; custom and subsidy levied regularly after 23d of Edward III.; subsidies granted for life to Richard II., Henry V., and Henry VI; Collapse of the immature parliamentary system; emancipation of the monarchy by Edward IV.; overthrow of parliamentary institutions on the Continent; character of the struggle in England; outline of the policy of Edward IV.; the royal authority becomes the dominant force in the state; its vital organ the council; hereditary right; Edward's financial policy; infrequent meetings of parliament; the council becomes an engine of tyranny About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Select Documents of English Constitutional History Classic Reprint written by George Burton Adams and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Select Documents of English Constitutional History The pressure felt by two teachers of English history for a comprehensive volume of documents bearing on the development of the English constitution has led to the compilation of this volume. No source book for the illustration of English history yet published has met the needs of the student of constitutional history. The excellent selections made by the late Bishop of Oxford, Mr. G. W. Prothero, Mr. S. R. Gardiner, and Messrs. Gee and Hardy only cover limited periods, or deal with one aspect of the subject. Excellent as those selections are, they are too advanced or too partial to be used in a college undergraduate course covering a single year. The University of Pennsylvania Reprints and the Old South Leaflets contain too little material to illustrate a full course of English constitutional history. The editors have been guided in the present selection by their practical experience in undergraduate work, and it is hoped that it may meet the demands of similar courses of study in other colleges, and also of courses pursued in some secondary and in many law schools. Every teacher of history has his own ideas of the relative importance of documents, and this compilation cannot expect to escape criticism either for its selections or for its omissions. There was no difficulty in deciding upon the insertion of the most famous documents, such as Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights, but the selection of documents of lesser importance to form illustrations of the growth of constitutional customs and traditions was of greater difficulty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Origin and Growth of the American Constitution Classic Reprint written by Hannis Taylor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origin and Growth of the American Constitution A long time has elapsed since the author undertook to draw out The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution, within the limits of two octavo volumes, the first of which is in the eighth edition, the second in the fourth. The very cordial reception given to that work throughout the Eng lish-speaking world and beyond it naturally suggested a sequel to be entitled The Origin and Growth of the American Constitution, which has been completed on the same plan. After thirty years of effort to unfold the histories of the two closely related constitutions as one progressive development, the author was blessed with a piece of good fortune which has more than requited all the labor bestowed. That good fortune consisted of the unearthing of a priceless document, very near the surface, which has cast a bright light into what was heretofore a very dark place. It explains for the first time the real history of the invention of that marvelous system of government, partly federal and partly national, given to the world by the Federal Con vention at the close of its labors at Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. Beyond that point the in uence of the document in question does not extend, - except in one important particular it sheds no new light on the after history. So far as this book is concerned, it is a mere episode, simply one link in a long chain of causation presented herein as a connected whole. It is, however, a great thing to know for certain that the most notable of all political inventions had a personal inventor; that the entirely unique and path-breaking creation embodied in the American Constitution came into being in a perfectly normal way; that its birth was neither mythical nor miraculous. Beginning upon that sane basis an effort has been made to unfold the growth of that Constitution according to the Historical Method, which regards all law, public and private, as a living and growing organism that changes as the relations of society change. When that method is applied to such data as are contained in printed documents, the growth of constitutions may be worked out by processes almost as exact as those employed in physical science. As Bishop Stubbs has happily ex pressed it: I confess that to me, as an old investigator, a good deal of the accepted theory of continuous history, in this region, at least, of history, seems to rest on arguments as sound, within its own material and area, as those on which Copernicus and Kepler worked out their astronomical con elusions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Download or read book English Constitutional History written by Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Constitutional History: A d104-Book for Students and Others A second Edition of this work being required, I have taken the opportunity to revise it carefully throughout. While preserving the original arrangement, I have added much fresh matter, and several portions, more especially the Chapter on 'the Succession to the Crown, ' and the last Chapter on the Progress of the Constitution since the Revolution, ' have been to a considerable extent te-written. The latter chapter, from a fear lest the volume should extend to an inconvenient length, had originally been too much compressed. It has now been broken up into two chapters, which will, I trust, be found to treat with adequate fulness the important topics which fall within the post. Revolutionary period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Historical Outline of the English Constitution for Beginners Classic Reprint written by David Watson Rannie and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical Outline of the English Constitution for Beginners As its title indicates, this little book is meant only for beginners. I hope it will be found sufficiently accurate and complete to be of use as an elementary introduction to the admirable text-books on the English Constitution which already exist I have to express my gratitude to the Rev. Sir George Cox, Bart, who has kindly read most of the proof-sheets and helped me by many suggestions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.