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" Instead of the function of governing for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the government; to throw the light of publicity on its acts; to compel a full exposition and justification of... "
The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science - Page 270
1925 - 339 pages
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Considerations on Representative Government

John Stuart Mill - Philosophy - 1861 - 354 pages
...unavoidable, drawbacks which now accompany it in the form of ignorant and ill-considered legislation. Instead of the function of governing, for which it...considers questionable ; to censure them if found condenmable, and, if the men who compose the government abuse their trust, or fulfil it in a manner...
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Het constitutioneel koningschap

Stewart Jehn du Tour van Bellinchave - 1864 - 168 pages
...ontwikkelen. 2; John Stuart Mill , Considerations on represeutative government , London 1861, bl. 104. Instead of the function of governing, for which it...office of a representative assembly is to watch and contrul the government. voelen , maar dat ieder burger tot hare instandhouding moet medewerken. Hoe...
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The Congregational Review, Volume 6

Congregationalism - 1866 - 648 pages
...view by men who are to continue in office for the term of five years as a Commission of Codification. Instead of the function of governing, for which it...assembly is to watch and control the government, to give publicity to its acts, to compel justification if they are considered questionable, to censure...
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The Boston Review, Volume 6

Congregationalism - 1866 - 650 pages
...view by men who are to continue in office for the term of five years as a Commission of Codification. Instead of the function of governing, for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a rpnrpsfmtat.i'vp nssfimhlv is tn watch and rrmtrol th.« itrnvprn582 Political Writings of [October,...
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On Parliamentary Government in England: Its Origin, Development ..., Volume 1

Alpheus Todd - Constitutional history - 1867 - 688 pages
...function of governing, for which,' says Mill,' ' such an assembly is radically unfit, its proper office is to watch and control the government ; to throw...exposition and justification of all of them which anyone considers questionable ; to censure them if found to merit condemnation ; and if the men who...
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Upper Canada Law Journal, Volume 3

Law - 1867 - 378 pages
...function of governing, for which," says Mill,j; ' such an assembly is radically unfit, its proper office is to watch and control the government ; to throw the light of publicitj- on its acts; to compel a full exposition and justification of all of them which any one...
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De leer der volkssouvereiniteit: in hare ontwikkeling, aanbeveling en ...

Bernard Cornelis Johannes Loder - Social contract - 1873 - 260 pages
...verbonden met het wezen van den representatieven staat. Ten eerste de verdeeling van de macht. Wie alle which it is radically unfit, the proper office of...representative assembly is to watch and control the government. On Repres. Gov. 1867. p. 42. — Zie ook de schoone woorden van Fonfrède: »La liberté n'est pas...
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Considerations on Representative Government

John Stuart Mill - Representative government and representation - 1875 - 382 pages
...of the function of governing, for which is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative V, assembly is to watch and control the government ;...a full exposition and justification of all of them any one considers questionable ; to censure them if found condemnable, and, if the men who compose...
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Parliamentary Government in England: Its Origin, Development, and ..., Volume 1

Alpheus Todd - Electronic books - 1892 - 314 pages
...function of governing, for which," says Mill,1 "such an assembly is radically unfit, its proper office is to watch and control the government ; to throw...considers questionable ; to censure them if found to merit condemnation ; and if the men who compose the government abuse their trust, or fulfil it in...
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Jurisprudence, Law and Ethics: Professional Ethics

Edgar Benton Kinkead - Jurisprudence - 1905 - 496 pages
...to draw a bill would be imperative. "Mill also said: 'The proper office of a representative active Assembly is to watch and control the government; to throw the light of publicity on its acts; and in addition to this, to be at once the nation's Committee of Grievances and its Congress of Opinions;...
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