Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... legislative in Parliament : If the supreme legislative errs , it is informed by the supreme executive in the King's courts of law . Here , the King appears , as represented by his judges , in the highest lustre and majesty , as supreme ...
... legislative in Parliament : If the supreme legislative errs , it is informed by the supreme executive in the King's courts of law . Here , the King appears , as represented by his judges , in the highest lustre and majesty , as supreme ...
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... legislative , executive , and judiciary departments shall be separate and distinct , so that neither exercise the powers properly belonging to the other : nor shall any person exercise the powers of more than one of them at the same ...
... legislative , executive , and judiciary departments shall be separate and distinct , so that neither exercise the powers properly belonging to the other : nor shall any person exercise the powers of more than one of them at the same ...
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... legislative despotism ? Theory and practice both proclaim it . If the legislative authority be not restrained there can be neither liberty nor stability ; and it can only be restrained by dividing it within itself , into distinct and ...
... legislative despotism ? Theory and practice both proclaim it . If the legislative authority be not restrained there can be neither liberty nor stability ; and it can only be restrained by dividing it within itself , into distinct and ...
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