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Books on: british constitution history

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The People and the Constitution: Being a History of the Development of the People's Influence in British Government

Book by Cecil S. Emden; Clarendon Press, 1956

Subjects:

Democracy, Elections--Great Britain, Great Britain--Politics And Government, Political Parties--Great Britain

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the operation of our informal Constitution, as opposed in some respects...of the House of Commons in the British Constitution was the pride of the nation and...extensive view of constitutional history is desirable in order to appreciate...
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History of the Formation of the Union under the Constitution, with Liberty Documents and Report of the Commission

Book by Sol Bloom; U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1941

Subjects:

Constitutional History--United States, United States--Constitution, United States--Politics And Government

Collections: History, Entire Library

...ordinary laws. The British Constitution, which...follows: "As the British Constitution is the...gestation of progressive history, so the American...government in the Constitution? A. Yes; but its...in connecting the Constitution of the United States...predecessors of the state constitutions which owed their origin...
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The British Constitution

Book by W. Ivor Jennings; The Macmillan Company, 1941

Subjects:

Great Britain--Constitution, Great Britain--Politics And Government

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Opposition there arises a chorus of "Yes, Sir". 2. The Character of the Parties British parties, like the British Constitution, have a long history. Like the British Constitution, too, they have drawn from that history traditions whose influences...
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A Progression of Judges: A History of the Supreme Court of British Columbia

Book by David R. Verchere; University of British Columbia Press, 1988

Subjects:

British Columbia--Supreme Court--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Legislative Assembly, Province of British Columbia: 1871 Constitution Act passed, 48 ; judicial...Justice of Court of Appeal and of British Columbia, 143 Mayers, Edward...Appeal as Chief Justice of British Columbia, 171 ; service to...
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British Columbia: A History

Book by Margaret A. Ormsby; Macmillan, 1958

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British Columbia--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Imperial authorities against an amendment to the British North America Act which would incorporate and make...who had charge of the bill to amend the Canadian constitution. As British Columbias ambassador, McBride performed his work...

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Journal Articles on: british constitution history

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Corn, Catholics and the Constitution: The Tory Crisis of 1827-30: Graham Goodlad Considers the Reasons for the Disintegration of the Early Nineteenth-Century Tory Party, Which Had Dominated British Politics for More Than Four Decades

Journal article by Graham Goodlad; History Review, 2002

Subjects:

Agricultural policy--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Agricultural policy--History, Catholics--History, Catholics--Political aspects, Conservative Party (United Kingdom)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Conservative Party (United Kingdom)--History, Conservative Party (United Kingdom)--Political activity, Political parties--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Political parties--History, Political parties--Political activity, Political parties--Social policy, Political reform--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Political reform--History, Religion and politics--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Religion and politics--History, United Kingdom--History, United Kingdom--Political aspects, United Kingdom--Social policy

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...would jeopardise the foundations of the constitution. The loyalty of Catholics to an alien...1830 declaration, that the existing constitution commanded `the full and entire confidence...1832 (Longman Seminar Studies in History, 1989) A.J.B. Hilton, Corn...
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Reform and Revolution: John Spiller Shows That, in Constitution-Making in the USA (1787-89), France (1789-92) and Great Britain (1830-32), Some Men Were Considered More Equal Than Others

Journal article by John Spiller; History Review, 2001

Subjects:

Balance of power--History, Constitutions--History, Democracy--History, Elite (Social sciences)--Political activity, Political reform--History, Revolutions--Political aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Spiller shows that, in constitution-making in the USA...against the `tyrannical British had been won in 1783...misinterpretations of British government, meant that...France 1791 French Civil Constitution passed 1792 Thomas Paines...is Course Leader for History and Politics at Ashton...
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Crisp, the Senate, and the Constitution

Journal article by Stanley Bach; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 54, 2008

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Australian history--Political aspects, Constitutions--Australia, Constitutions--Interpretation and construction, Crisp, Finlay--Political activity, Legislators--Powers and duties, Meritocracy--Research, Political systems--Research

Collections: History, Entire Library

...sec. 53 of the Constitution, on the powers...Whenever in the history of the Commonwealth...written into the Constitution caused some difficulties...control and supervise British finances. (49...understanding of what the Constitutions authors thought...mixing elements of British constitutional...
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The Human Rights Act and the British Constitution

Journal article by Douglas W. Vick; Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 37, 2002

Subjects:

Constitutional law, Constitutions, Human rights, Impact analysis, Legislation, United Kingdom

Collections: Entire Library

...and written constitution has been the...stability of British institutions...with written constitutions, such as the...the U.S. Constitution contains "unwritten...elements in the British sense, because...supplement the Constitutions specific provisions...many modern constitutions, and this difference...Rights Act on the British constitution, therefore...
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History Matters: An Institutional Approach Examination of the U.S. Constitution

Journal article by Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, Mark C. Schug; Social Education, Vol. 71, 2007

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Constitutions--Economic aspects, Constitutions--Social aspects, Constitutions--Study and teaching, Constitutions--United States, United States Constitution

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

History Matters: An...the U.S. Constitution. by Tawni...Clearly the Constitution was critical...in American history. But it would...the original Constitution was a result...in American history and was forged...

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Magazine Articles on: british constitution history

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Writing It Down: Gordon Brown's Promised Written Constitution-If It Happens-Won't Be the First in British History, as Patrick Little Reminds Us

Magazine article by Patrick Little; History Today, Vol. 58, January 2008

Subjects:

British constitution--Laws, regulations and rules, Brown, Gordon (British politician)--Laws, regulations and rules, Brown, Gordon (British politician)--Powers and duties, Prime ministers--Laws, regulations and rules, Prime ministers--Powers and duties

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Browns Promised Written Constitution-If It Happens-Wont Be the First in British History, as Patrick Little Reminds...famously, has no written constitution, relying instead on...underlies the modern British state. This situation...
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A Free State of Mind: Ben Wilson Visits the History Today Archive to Examine Diana Spearman's Analysis of the British Constitution in the 18th Century, an Age Characterised by Liberty and Individualism

Magazine article by Ben Wilson; History Today, Vol. 60, June 2010

Subjects:

Historians--Criticism and interpretation, Historians--Works, Spearman, Diana--Criticism and interpretation, Spearman, Diana--Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Ben Wilson Visits the History Today Archive to Examine...Spearmans Analysis of the British Constitution in the 18th Century...incorporated into domestic British law; and the House...reminder that throughout British history constitutional...
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The Organic and Moral Elements in the American Consitution - the Constitution Is a Product of Colonial Experience under British Common Law and Other Historic Traditions

Magazine article by Paul Johnson; World and I, Vol. 18, February 2003

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Constitutional interpretation, Constitutional law--Analysis, Constitutional law--Ethical aspects, Constitutional law--History, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Constitutions--Ethical aspects, Constitutions--Interpretation and construction, Constitutions--Terminology, Jacksonian democracy, United States Constitution

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Experience under British Common Law...primarily in its constitution and, still...the study of constitutions is regarded...constitutional history" is completely...fashion. Yet constitutions are important...had the same constitution for 200 years...of written constitutions framed, debated...framework of the British Constitution...
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Off with Their Heads: From Wat Tyler Swilling Beer in Front of Richard II to Chants of "God Save the Poor and Down with George III", the British Have a Long History of Hostility towards the Crown. Can It Survive the Coronation of King Charles III?

Magazine article by Ted Vallance; New Statesman, Vol. 138, July 13, 2009

Subjects:

British monarchy--Social aspects, Charles, Prince of Wales--Social aspects, Monarchy--Social aspects, Monarchy--United Kingdom, Princes--Social aspects, United Kingdom--History, United Kingdom--Political aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...embedded in understandings of both British history and the operation of the British state. In popular histories of the nation, in contrast to elite...were long identified within the British constitution. This "monarchical republicanism...
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Victorian Juries: Roland Quinault Looks at How the Victorians Saw the Old English System of Trial by Jury as a Defining Feature of British Good Government and Fair Play and as an Example to Other Nations. Admiration for the System at Home and Abroad, Though, Contrasted with the Practical Realities Faced by 19th-Century Juries

Magazine article by Roland Quinault; History Today, Vol. 59, May 2009

Subjects:

British history, 1815-1914--Political aspects, Juries--History, Jury--History, Trials--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Defining Feature of British Good Government and...object of the English constitution was to get twelve good...Forsyth claimed in his History of Trial by Jury (1852...and Europe. As the British Empire grew so did the...for trials involving British or European settlers...

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Newspaper Articles on: british constitution history

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A SINISTER REVOLUTION; It's Taken 700 Years to Build the British Constitution. and Now This Dying Regime Wants to Tear It to Shreds in Seven Weeks

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 24, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Taken 700 Years to Build the British Constitution. and Now This Dying Regime...day in the 700-year-old history of the British Parliament. This magnificent...prosecution. However, in modern British politics, this kind of tax...
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COMETH THE HOUR, GORDON; Brown Bids to Consign Blair Era to History with Pledge to Restore Trust in Politics, Reform the Constitution and Shake Up the NHS

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 25, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Consign Blair Era to History with Pledge to Restore...Politics, Reform the Constitution and Shake Up the NHS...governed: a written constitution. Under pressure from...transformation of the British state raises far-reaching...Party went AWOL from the British public, it looked in...
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Blair Must Hope That the God to Whom He Claims He Is Only Really Answerable Will Judge Him More Kindly Than British History

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 27, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Him More Kindly Than British History. Byline: MAX HASTINGS...upBritain to a new EU Constitution. Risible Even now...the most remarkable British politician ofmodern...is today plain tothe British people. He is a man...
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Blair Must Hope That the God to Whom He Claims He Is Only Really Answerable Will Judge Him More Kindly Than British History

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 27, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Him More Kindly Than British History. EXIT, pursued by...Britain to a new EU Constitution. Risible Even now...the most remarkable British politician of modern...is today plain to the British people. He is a man...
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HEROES SHORT-CHANGED BY HISTORY; One of the Scandals of the Last War Is the Lack of Recognition for the Terrible Suffering and Extraordinary Courage of the British Soldiers Who Fought the Japanese in the Jungles of Burma.A Newbook Puts This Right

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 7, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...SHORT-CHANGED BY HISTORY; One of the Scandals...Extraordinary Courage of the British Soldiers Who Fought...Christopher Hudson THE BRITISH and their allies...of the stoutest constitution. You gasp for air...desperate courage on the British positions, but...defeat in Japanese history. In Europe, the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: british constitution history

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Constitution , Ship

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CONSTITUTION , ship U.S. 44...famous vessel in the history of the U.S. navy...for Isaac Hull , The Constitution won a battle with the British vessel Guerriere on...later recaptured by the British). The Constitution...
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Magna Carta

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the most famous document of British constitutional history, issued by King John at Runnymede...in the development of the British constitution. Revisions and Reinterpretations...that was incorporated into British statute law. In later centuries...
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Ireland, Northern

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...British Parliament. History A Troubled History Northern...was confiscated by the British crown and "planted...in August called in British troops to help restore...Mar. 30, 1972, the British prime minister, Edward...renegotiate Ulsters constitution in order to end the...
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Nepal

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Government An interim constitution adopted in Jan., 2007...divided into 14 zones. History To the Mid-Twentieth...war (1814 16) and to British victory over the Gurkhas...Nepal and to receive a British envoy at Katmandu...however, and in 1923 a British-Nepalese treaty expressly...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...monarchy. The constitution exists in no one...members of the British parliament should...respective regions. History Until 1707, this...became part of British history. For the...Modern Historians on British History, 1485 1945: A...

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