 | Charles Morris - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1917 - 544 pages
...the late Mr. Bagehot remarks : ' The efficient secret of the English constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers. According to the traditional theory as it exists in all the books, the goodness of our constitution... | |
 | Edward Augustus Fitzpatrick - Budget - 1918 - 350 pages
...the theory. " The efficient secret of the English Constitution," says Bagehot, " may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion of the executive and legislative powers." (Eng. Const, p. 78.) He says elsewhere, " A cabinent is the combining committee — a hyphen which... | |
 | Charles Morris - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1921 - 506 pages
...the late Mr. Bagehot remarks: "The efficient secret of the English constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers. According to the traditional theory as it exists in all the books; the goodness of our constitution... | |
 | H. Knust - Constitutional law - 1922 - 180 pages
...entfernte2). Bagehot (Federalist, S. 320, Anm. ): »The efficient secret of the system (des englischen) is the close union, the nearly complete fusion of the executive and legislative powers«. Heute ist das englische Verfassungsleben, rein formal nach den großen Richtlinien betrachtet, dahin... | |
 | Deborah Wormell - History - 1980 - 258 pages
...Bagehot, more memorably, put it: 'The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers."5 Seeley did not emphasise, as Bagehot had, the mystification element in the 'dignified' parts... | |
 | Gary W. Cox - History - 2005 - 208 pages
...the Fortnightly Review) that the "efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers" was so effective and celebrated a statement because he was the first to recognize and interpret for... | |
 | Bernard S. Silberman - Business & Economics - 1993 - 499 pages
...equality of private and gov2. "The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the...legislative powers. . . . The connecting link is the cabinet ... A cabinet is a combining committee — a hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens, the legislative... | |
 | Michael Laver, Kenneth A. Shepsle - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 340 pages
...Michael Laver and Kenneth A. Shepsle The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers. No doubt by the traditional theory, as it exists in all the books, the goodness of our constitution... | |
 | Dennis C. Mueller Professor of Economics University of Vienna - Political Science - 1996 - 398 pages
...Democracy: Two-Party Government The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers. No doubt by the traditional theory, as it exists in all the books, the goodness of our constitution... | |
 | Scott GORDON, Scott Gordon - Political Science - 2009 - 408 pages
...Lords, was prime minister.35 33. "The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the...legislative powers . . . The connecting link is the cabinet . . . The cabinet, in a word, is a board of control chosen by the legislature out of persons whom it... | |
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The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers. 
