The Constitution of England : or, An account of the English government; in which it is compared with the republican form of government, and occasionally with the other monarchies in Europe / by J L de Lolme.

Delanco, N.J. : Legal Classics Library, 2002.

4th ed. corrected by the author.

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Constitutional law -- Great Britain.

Constitutional history -- Great Britain.

I. Causes of the liberty of the English nation. Reasons of the difference between the government of France, and that of England. In England, the great power of the Crown, especially under the first Norman kings, created an union between the nobility and the people

II. A second advantage England had over France - it formed one undivided state

II. The subject continued

III. Of the legislative power

IV. Of the executive power

V. The boundaries which the Constitution has set to the royal prerogative

VI. The same subject continued

VII. New restrictions

VIII. Of private liberty, or the liberty of individuals

IX. Of criminal justice

X. The same subject continued

XI. The subject concluded - laws relative to imprisonments

Book II. I. Some advantages peculiar to the English Constitution: I. The unity of the executive power

II. The executive power is more easily confined when it is one

III. A second peculiarity of the English government - the division of the legislative power

IV. A third advantage peculiar to the English government. The business of proposing laws lodged in the hands of the people

V. In which an enquiry is made, whether it would be an advantage to public liberty that the laws should be enacted by the votes of the people at large

VI. Advantages that accrue to the people from appointing representatives

VII. The subject continued - the advantages that accrue to the people from appointing representatives are very inconsiderable, unless they also entirely delegate their legislative authority to them

VIII. The subject concluded - effects that have resulted in the English government, from the people's power being completed delegated to their representatives

IX. A farther disadvantage of republican governments - the people are necessarily betrayed by those in whom they trust

X. Fundamental differences between the English government, and the governments just described - in England all executive authority is placed out of the hands of those in whom the people put their confidence - usefulness of the power of the Crown

XI. The powers which the people themselves exercise - the election of members of Parliament

XII. The subject continued - liberty of the press

XIII. The subject continued

XIV. Right of resistance

XV. Proofs, drawn from facts, of the truth of the principles laid down in this work: I. The peculiar manner in which revolutions have always been concluded in England

XVI. The manner in which the laws for the liberty of the subject are executed in England

XVII. A more inward view of the English government than has hitherto been offered to the reader. Total difference between the English monarchy, as a monarchy, and all those with which we are acquainted

XVIII. How far the examples of nations that have lost their liberty are applicable to England

XIX. Conclusion - A few words on the nature of the divisions that take place in England.

Includes booklet "The Constitution of England : notes from the editors" held at Brisbane front desk.

Originally published: Dublin : W Wilson, 1776.

ix, 258 p.