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. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The Kingship of England. § 1. The form of the Constitution is a limited monarchy 2. The King is a true monarch and not an executive officer 3. The monarchy is limited by the substitution of the official will 5. Legal analogies to the specific expression of the Royal will - 6. The contest of Parliament with the Stuart Kings arose from the confusion between the King's personal and his official will 7. The same principle was the ground of the distinction between the 8. The Constitution is governed by the law of Evolution- CHAPTER II. The Legal Expression of the Royal Will in § 1. Affection of our ancestors for the Common Law 2. Supposed power of the Crown to make by proclamation new 3. Supposed power of the Crown to suspend or dispense with existing 4. Supposed inalterability of the Common Law by statute 5. The power of legislation still rests with the King, not alone but 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 65 2. The Prerogative of justice was formerly exerciscable by the King |