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WILLIAM EDWARD HEARN, LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY IN THE

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE.

LONDON:

LONGMANS, GREEN, READER, AND DYER;

MELBOURNE: GEORGE ROBERTSON

MDCCCLXVII.

TILDEN LIBRARY

1895

CONTENTS.

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8. The Constitution is governed by the law of Evolution-

CHAPTER II. The Legal Expression of the Royal Will in

Legislation.

§ 1. Affection of our ancestors for the Common Law

2. Supposed power of the Crown to make by proclamation new

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3. Supposed power of the Crown to suspend or dispense with existing
statutes

4. Supposed inalterability of the Common Law by statute

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5. The power of legislation still rests with the King, not alone but
in Parliament

7. Legislation on Petition

8. Legislation by Bill

9. Deliberations of Parliament apart from the King

10. Why the Royal fiat is now never withheld

CHAPTER III The Legal Expression of the Royal Will in

Judicature.

§ 1. The King is the fountain of justice

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2. The Prerogative of justice was formerly exerciscable by the King

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