An Analysis Of Hallams Constitutional History Of England

Author : George Parker
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ISBN 13 : 9781330854167
Total Pages : 118 pages
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Download or read book An Analysis of Hallam's Constitutional History of England (Classic Reprint) written by George Parker and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Analysis of Hallam's Constitutional History of England This analysis has been found useful by my pupils, and I trust it may prove so to the reader also. It will be seen that the constitutional matter in each reign has been distributed under six divisions, while Hallam's order has been retained in each of these divisions as closely as possible. The gradual decay of that despotism, or personal government which had arisen a little before the beginning of the sixteenth century, was followed by the introduction of Parliamentary, Party, and Ministerial Government, during the period of which the Revolution forms the centre. This change Hallam traces, up to the time when not only the skeleton of the Constitution, but also the chief part of the unwritten Customs which clothe it and give it life, had grown to be the same as exist to day. While he is thus explaining how each part of the governing body gained its functions and rights, the history of the safeguards for personal liberty and judicial equity can not be omitted. But hardly any great advance in the liberty of the subject during this period took place, none at least to correspond to the vast improvement in the relations of the members of the government between themselves. It is therefore to this latter branch of the subject that the most important part of Hallam's work refers. I am indebted to Mr. Hammond of Trinity for kind explanations of some difficulties, and to Mr. G. F. Hastings of St. John's and other friends for careful revision of the following pages. 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.