The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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FORBES'S CONSTITUTIONAL THEORIES 155 government . He held that it was " erroneous in principle and inconvenient in practice to resort to the British Legislature to make laws upon matters purely local " .1 He was anxious to establish a ...
FORBES'S CONSTITUTIONAL THEORIES 155 government . He held that it was " erroneous in principle and inconvenient in practice to resort to the British Legislature to make laws upon matters purely local " .1 He was anxious to establish a ...
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It was unfortunate , although not a matter of design , that the precautions taken in 1850 closed against the Australian Legislatures the somewhat devious route by which self - government had been reached in British North America .
It was unfortunate , although not a matter of design , that the precautions taken in 1850 closed against the Australian Legislatures the somewhat devious route by which self - government had been reached in British North America .
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In a number of other incidents , the States Governments claimed that they and not the Commonwealth Government were the appropriate authorities with which the British Government should deal ; and in particular they protested that they as ...
In a number of other incidents , the States Governments claimed that they and not the Commonwealth Government were the appropriate authorities with which the British Government should deal ; and in particular they protested that they as ...
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