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The English Constitution

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analysis of constitution

In constitution: Constitutional stability
…wrote a classic analysis of the English constitution (The English Constitution), stressed the “deferential” character of the English people, who were quite happy to leave government in the hands of the governing class.
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discussed in biography

In Walter Bagehot
In 1867 Bagehot published The English Constitution, an attempt to look behind the facade of the British system of government—crown, Lords, and Commons—to see how it really operated and where true power lay. He was one of the first to observe the overriding power of the Cabinet in the…
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