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He means that the German Emperor is not the monarch of Germany , is not the sovereign of the empire , but that the totality of the German reigning princes together with the senates of the three free cities conceived as a unit is the ...
He means that the German Emperor is not the monarch of Germany , is not the sovereign of the empire , but that the totality of the German reigning princes together with the senates of the three free cities conceived as a unit is the ...
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Georg Meyer , of Heidelberg , who holds that the allied princes and senates possess the Imperial sovereignty , but that one may say as well the allied governments possess it . He declares : “ Possessors of the Imperial sovereignty are ...
Georg Meyer , of Heidelberg , who holds that the allied princes and senates possess the Imperial sovereignty , but that one may say as well the allied governments possess it . He declares : “ Possessors of the Imperial sovereignty are ...
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This preamble sounds as if the princes and the senates were the parties to the transaction , and are now the members of the union . The question arises now , How can we unite these seemingly contradictory passages where in one of them ...
This preamble sounds as if the princes and the senates were the parties to the transaction , and are now the members of the union . The question arises now , How can we unite these seemingly contradictory passages where in one of them ...
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... or the princes and senates , the members of the empire and the joint possessors of the Imperial sovereignty . For , however this question may be decided , this much is certain , the Federal Council is the visible representative of ...
... or the princes and senates , the members of the empire and the joint possessors of the Imperial sovereignty . For , however this question may be decided , this much is certain , the Federal Council is the visible representative of ...
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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".