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101, 105, 129, 131, 170, 188,
297
Chatham, William Pitt, Earl of,
25
Childers Budget defeated, 64
Churchill, Lord Randolph, 132
Civil service, increase of and exten-
sion of its functions, Introd.,
xxxii
Closure, 72, 77
Cobden, Richard, his influence in
debate, 97 ; on rights of minor-
ity, 116
Combes, Émile, French Premier,
on Cabinet responsibility, 145
Committee of Imperial Defence,
162 n., Introd., xxiii
Committees, in French Chamber,
302
Committees, House of Commons, 90
Committees, House of Lords, 248
Committees, in American Congress,
49, 302
Commons, House of, 55 seq.; rela-
tions to Crown and Cabinet, 56 ;
real functions of, 58 ; as a legis-
lative body, 59 ; Macaulay on,
67 ; Lord Salisbury on its declin-
ing power, 76 ; Lord Hugh
Cecil on its inferiority to Cabinet,
80 ; relations to Executive, 81 ;
an "automatic machine," 87 ;
its limited control of finance,
89 ; Mr. Bryce on its supposed
strength, 90 ; its function as a
"ventilating chamber," 92 ; its
selective functions, 95 seq.;
oratory in, 96 ; an electioneering
body, 101 ; Cabinet authority
over supported by threat to dis-
solve, 111 ; Lord Salisbury's
letter on relation to Cabinet,
113 ; Party system in, 120 ;
social position of its members
and classes from which they are
drawn, 183 seq.; Introd., xxvii
seq.; multiplicity of its duties, 291
Comptroller-General, 30
Congress, American, 49, 66, 99
Courtney, Lord, Working Constitu
tion of the United Kingdom, 7,
126, 245
Crown, a working hypothesis, 255 ;
its legal position, 256 ; Black-
stone's and Mr. Dicey's defini-
tions, ib.; Lord Brougham's,
257 ; Mr. Gladstone's and Bage-
hot's, 258 ; its reserved powers
employed by Ministry, 259. See
also Prerogative and Sovereign
Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, 69
Defence, Committee of Imperial,
162 n, Introd., xxiii
De Lolme, John Louis, 7, 70
Devolution, 291 seq.
De Tocqueville, Alexis, 2, 45
Devonshire, Duke of, on Parlia-
mentary omnipotence, 57 ; on
devolution, 297
Dicey, Professor A. V., The Law of
the Constitution, 3, 11, 12, 13,
22, 144, 256, 261 ; Law and Pub-
lic Opinion, Introd., xxxvi
Dissolution, may be "snatched," 107 ; power of the Crown to re-
fuse consent to, 109 ; can be used
by Government as penal mea-
sure, 110
Education Acts, 1902 and 1903, debates on, 104
Edward VII., King, constitutional
tradition inherited by, 265 ; his
influence in foreign politics, 288
Elections, at fixed intervals in
America, 106 ; and probably in
Great Britain in consequence of
Parliament Act, Introd., xix ;

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