Index
A
Act of Settlement, 26, 33
- dynastic order ignored, 34
- substance of, 35–36
Act of Union, see Ireland and Scotland
America, see United States
Arbitration between constituent states in U.S., 169–170
Aristocracy, political, absence of in U.S., 124
Assemblies constituent and legislative, 46
distinction wanting in England, 46–48
B
Bagehot on representative assemblies, 94
Bankruptcy, leniently treated in U.S., 128
Bill of Rights—
- place in English written Constitution 26, 30, 45,
- omission of religious liberty, 32
- omission of freedom of press, 32
- means of enforcing, 33
C
Cabinet (see also Ministers)—
- unknown to written law, 19
- King’s presence at 23
Cabinet (see also Ministers)—
- affected by Act of Settlement, 36
Chamberlain, Mr., on doctrine of resistance, 37
Channel Islands not part of United Kingdom, 11
Church, Established, nature of, 11
Clergy (English), electoral rights of, 20, 21
Colonies (English), government of, 14
Congress (U.S.)—
- Ministers excluded from, 85, 95
- Bills, how reported to, 97
- Committees of, 96, 100, 101
“Commons,” etymology of, 157
Compacts—
- place of in English Constitution, 8, 18, 20, 26, 154
- revolutionary nature of, 37–38
Conseil, Monsieur, 59
Constitution—
- English, see English
- French, see French
- United States, see United States
- variance of English and French conceptions, 3, 5, 12, 38
- written, inconveniences of, 6
- effect of geographical position on, 104–110
- study of spirit of, 110
- precise sense of the term, 154
Constitutional documents study of original texts, 57–61
