The British Constitution and Government: A Description of the Way in Which the Laws of England Are Made and Administered, Together With an Account of ... Department of the State (Classic Reprint)
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Author(s)Frederick Wicks
PublisherForgotten Books
ISBN / ASIN1330361946
ISBN-139781330361948
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Excerpt from The British Constitution and Government: A Description of the Way in Which the Laws of England Are Made and Administered, Together With an Account of the Functions of the Chief Officers in Every Department of the State
When we speak of a country's Constitution, we mean the whole body of laws by which its people are governed and the machinery by which its laws are made and administered. Barbarous communities have no constitution or form of Government. Among the uncivilised, each member of the community protects himself and his goods by the strength of his arms, or a Chief of the tribe decides all disputes without anything to guide him but his own will. As civilisation spreads, or the community becomes larger, certain customs grow up among the people for the settlement of differences and the punishment of wrongdoers. As a community becomes still more civilised, or grows still larger, these customs become more numerous and more clearly understood; and, in time, formal laws are made for the guidance of the people in their dealings with one another and for the management of public affairs. If these laws are made by a Chief or King, without the concurrence of monarchy, any Council or Parliament, and are administered in the same way, they are called decrees; the King or Chief is said to have unlimited power over his subjects; and the Government of the country is said to be a despotism or an unlimited monarchy.
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When we speak of a country's Constitution, we mean the whole body of laws by which its people are governed and the machinery by which its laws are made and administered. Barbarous communities have no constitution or form of Government. Among the uncivilised, each member of the community protects himself and his goods by the strength of his arms, or a Chief of the tribe decides all disputes without anything to guide him but his own will. As civilisation spreads, or the community becomes larger, certain customs grow up among the people for the settlement of differences and the punishment of wrongdoers. As a community becomes still more civilised, or grows still larger, these customs become more numerous and more clearly understood; and, in time, formal laws are made for the guidance of the people in their dealings with one another and for the management of public affairs. If these laws are made by a Chief or King, without the concurrence of monarchy, any Council or Parliament, and are administered in the same way, they are called decrees; the King or Chief is said to have unlimited power over his subjects; and the Government of the country is said to be a despotism or an unlimited monarchy.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
