Two Aspects of the German ConstitutionYale Publishing, 1894 - 39 pages |
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... federal state , and not a monarchy . As proof of my assertion I will quote a passage from Prof. Laband , who says : " The preamble of the Imperial laws * * * is put quite as if the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) were a division of the ...
... federal state , and not a monarchy . As proof of my assertion I will quote a passage from Prof. Laband , who says : " The preamble of the Imperial laws * * * is put quite as if the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) were a division of the ...
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... Federal Council consists of the representatives of the members of the union among which the votes are distributed in such a manner that Prussia casts 17 votes , Bavaria 6 , Saxony 4 , etc. " . That is to say the Article speaks first of ...
... Federal Council consists of the representatives of the members of the union among which the votes are distributed in such a manner that Prussia casts 17 votes , Bavaria 6 , Saxony 4 , etc. " . That is to say the Article speaks first of ...
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... Council are representatives of the members states , Article 9 calls it their function to represent the views of their respective governments . Article 9 begins : " Every mem- ber of the Federal Council has the right to appear in the ...
... Council are representatives of the members states , Article 9 calls it their function to represent the views of their respective governments . Article 9 begins : " Every mem- ber of the Federal Council has the right to appear in the ...
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... Federal Council is the visible representative of the Imperial sover- eign ; and the position of the Federal Council is the point in which I am chiefly interested here . Whoever may be the " members of the union " , Article 6 declares ...
... Federal Council is the visible representative of the Imperial sover- eign ; and the position of the Federal Council is the point in which I am chiefly interested here . Whoever may be the " members of the union " , Article 6 declares ...
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... Federal Council of an Imperial bill , passed by the Imperial Diet - the sanction of the bill , ' which expression implies that the Federal Council represents the sovereign of the empire ; for , according to all use of language , the ...
... Federal Council of an Imperial bill , passed by the Imperial Diet - the sanction of the bill , ' which expression implies that the Federal Council represents the sovereign of the empire ; for , according to all use of language , the ...
Common terms and phrases
allied governments Article 17 assemblies Bavaria Constitution of to-day constitutional monarchy contrast DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Empire of to-day eral Council executive organ factor of Imperial Federal Coun Federal Council represents Federal Council resolves feudalism to absolutism framers Georg Meyer German Constitution German Emperor German Empire German Imperial offices German monarchy German princes government bills Ibid Impe Imperial bills Imperial Chancellor Imperial government Imperial laws Imperial legislation Imperial ministry Imperial policy Imperial sovereign initiative king of Prussia Laband legislative House legislative power majority resolutions means ment monarch and sovereign monarch of Germany name of Prussia North German Federation Number orthodox view Paragraph perial Diet perial government peror pire prepared in German princes and senates Prof propose bills Prussian Constitution Prussian members Prussian ministerial department Prussian prime minister publicists reigning princes represents the sovereign rial Diet second resolution sovereignty stitutional three free cities tion union upper House written Constitution
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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".