Considerations on Representative Government

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Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1861 - 340 halaman
The form of government for any given country being (within certain definite conditions) amenable to choice, it is now to be considered by what test the choice should be directed; what are the distinctive characteristics of the form of government best fitted to promote the interests of any given society.
 

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