Two Aspects of the German ConstitutionYale Publishing, 1894 - 39 pages |
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... 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 Em- peror is not the monarch of Germany , is not the sovereign of the empire , but that the totality of 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 Em- peror is not the monarch of Germany , is not the sovereign of the empire , but that the totality of the ...
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... Germany call the emperor the monarch and the sovereign of the empire . That this is the case everybody can see for himself who takes the trouble of reading a German newspaper . The emperor is always spoken of as the monarch , or the ...
... Germany call the emperor the monarch and the sovereign of the empire . That this is the case everybody can see for himself who takes the trouble of reading a German newspaper . The emperor is always spoken of as the monarch , or the ...
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... monarch and the sovereign of Germany , and the Federal Council , if anything , is the upper House of the German Empire . Now , if this is a correct statement of that contrast between the orthodox and the popular view on the Constitution ...
... monarch and the sovereign of Germany , and the Federal Council , if anything , is the upper House of the German Empire . Now , if this is a correct statement of that contrast between the orthodox and the popular view on the Constitution ...
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... monarch and the people , an Imperial aristocracy that has the privilege of appointing and instruct- ing the members of the upper House . Thus we find three classes in the German Empire of to- day the emperor , the princes , and the ...
... monarch and the people , an Imperial aristocracy that has the privilege of appointing and instruct- ing the members of the upper House . Thus we find three classes in the German Empire of to- day the emperor , the princes , and the ...
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... monarchy above them , -the only contrast with the same phenomenon in England and France being here that in Germany one of the lords them- selves , the king of Prussia , has risen above his peers , and not the original feudal monarch as ...
... monarchy above them , -the only contrast with the same phenomenon in England and France being here that in Germany one of the lords them- selves , the king of Prussia , has risen above his peers , and not the original feudal monarch as ...
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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".