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Laband , who says : “ The preamble of the Imperial laws is put quite as if the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) were a division of the representation of the people , and the empire not a federal state , but a monarchy with two chambers ” .
Laband , who says : “ The preamble of the Imperial laws is put quite as if the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) were a division of the representation of the people , and the empire not a federal state , but a monarchy with two chambers ” .
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Laband does not mean that the German Empire is a republic when he says that it is not a monarchy . But what else does he mean ? He means that the German Emperor is not the monarch of Germany , is not the sovereign of the empire ...
Laband does not mean that the German Empire is a republic when he says that it is not a monarchy . But what else does he mean ? He means that the German Emperor is not the monarch of Germany , is not the sovereign of the empire ...
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Laband , therefore , holds that it does not make any difference practically whether one says that the member states or the sovereigns of these states possess the Imperial sovereignty . Besides this view of Laband and the general view ...
Laband , therefore , holds that it does not make any difference practically whether one says that the member states or the sovereigns of these states possess the Imperial sovereignty . Besides this view of Laband and the general view ...
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... and in a third the sovereigns of the states seem to be considered the members of the empire ? My standpoint is this . It is impossible to deny that Article 6 calls the member states the members of the empire . But Prof. Laband ...
... and in a third the sovereigns of the states seem to be considered the members of the empire ? My standpoint is this . It is impossible to deny that Article 6 calls the member states the members of the empire . But Prof. Laband ...
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The Imperial Diet , however , appears to be the diet , the representative assembly , of the empire . To 2 : At first glance it seems to be. 1 So for instance Laband , Ibid . , p . 74 . 1 Dr. Georg Meyer , Ibid . , p .
The Imperial Diet , however , appears to be the diet , the representative assembly , of the empire . To 2 : At first glance it seems to be. 1 So for instance Laband , Ibid . , p . 74 . 1 Dr. Georg Meyer , Ibid . , p .
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Page 4 - And the use of all of these terms, 'treaty', 'agreement', 'compact', show that it was the intention of the framers of the Constitution to...
Page 2 - The presidency of the union belongs to the King of Prussia who, in this capacity, shall be entitled German Emperor.
Page 3 - Chief Executive with a general power to direct and control the administrative acts of subordinate federal officers. Any powers exercised by the President in this area, therefore, must emanate from statutory delegations or the clear implication of a course of legislative action. Consistent...
Page 1 - Bavaria, etc., as far as I know. I say as far as I know, because the meetings of the Federal Council are secret.
Page 1 - The Federal Council consists of the Representatives of the members of the Confederation, amongst whom the votes are divided according to the rules for the full assembly of the late Germanic Confederation, so that Prussia, with the late votes of Hanover...
Page 11 - Diet in the name of the emperor according to the resolutions of the Federal Council".