Λ INDEX 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 legis. lative, 46 distinction wanting in England, 46-48 B BAGEHOT on representative assemblies, 94 Bankruptcy, leniently treated in place in English written Con- 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 United States, see United variance of English and French study of spirit of, 110 precise sense of the term, 154 Constitutional documents study of original texts, 57-61 Constitutional law, not studied in democratic tendency of,173-175 logical tendency of, 173-175 Convention of 1688 spirit of discussions in, 40 Convocation, powers of changed by Compact, 20 Cooley on U.S. Constitution, 65 spirit of discussions in, 41, 98 Crown (English) succession to; dynastic order Prerogative undefined, 19 Custom, as part of English Constitution, 8, 17, 18, 19 effect on U.S. Constitution, 74 Customary law in English Constitution, 45 E ELECTORAL franchise, seo franchise colonial relations, 14-16 FEDERAL Government, see U.S. Constitution Federalism (U.S.), original vagueness of, 58 Federation, Imperial, see Imperial France ideas of Sovereignty in, 144147, 162-175 the individual as the unit of power, 155, 164, 167 Franchise, electoral in U.S.; variety of, 112, 132, in England, 157, 158 French Constitution a single document, 5 spirit of political powers, 145- public powers created by, 151 logical character of, 167-170 modification, possibility of, 171 contrast to English, 172 French Constitutions, number of, 49 French Public Powers, 151 political conditions of, 143-147 IMMIGRATION I U.S., policy of, 129 religious liberty in relation to, 130 Imperial Federation an estimate of its likelihood, 16 Indian Government Act place in Constitution, 13 Individuals, right of see English, French, United States Constitutions Ireland Act of Union, a treaty, 8 separate parliament, danger of in regency, 9 separate laws of, 11 J JEFFERSON, maxim on federal government, 71 Johnson, President: conflict with Senate, 92 Judges (English) irremovable, 35, 36 (U.S.) irremovable, 117 see also Supreme Court (U.S.) Jury trial, place of, in U.S. Constitution, 65 K KING, SENATOR, 101 M MAGNA CHARTA basis of written Constitution, 26, 27 obsolete as a document, 29 Man, Isle of, not part of United Kingdom, 11 Ministerial responsibility in England and U.S., 142 Ministers in U.S., see Congress P PARTY Government, absence of, in "People," constitutional meaning Philadelphia Convention, 81, 85, separation of legislature and anti-democratic spirit of, 111- Prerogative, royal, undefined in mode of electing, 75, 108, 110, powers as to treaties, 90 powers as to treaties, 90 Committees, 100, 101 fixed duration of, 113, 115 mode of election, 122 State Sovereignty in U.S. Con- State Constitutions (U.S.)-~~ democratic spirit of, 123 see United States R REFORM ACTS, 157, 158 Resistance, doctrine of, 33, 37 Rosebery, Lord, on Imperial Federa- Rossi, Monsieur, 55 Rousseau's theories, 39 Rowan, Senator, 77 SACHEVERELL CASE, 33 Salisbury, Lord, on doctrine of resistance, 37 Scotland- Act of Union, 8, 10 separate laws of, 11 U UNITED STATES- Constituent States, rights of, |