Government by All the People; Or: The Initiative, the Referendum, and the Recall as Instruments of DemocracyMacmillan, 1912 - 324 pàgines |
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Government by All the People; Or: The Initiative, the Referendum, and the ... Delos Franklin Wilcox Visualització completa - 1912 |
Government by All the People; Or: The Initiative, the Referendum, and the ... Delos Franklin Wilcox Visualització completa - 1912 |
Government by All the People; Or: The Initiative, the Referendum, and the ... Delos Franklin Wilcox Visualització completa - 1912 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 185 - thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea! If
Pàgina 261 - i. The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a General Assembly consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose laws and amendments to the constitution, and to adopt or reject the same at the polls independent of the
Pàgina 45 - that the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
Pàgina 263 - Any initiative or referendum petition may be presented in separate parts but each part shall contain a full and correct copy of the title, and text of the law, section or item thereof sought to be referred, or the proposed law or proposed amendment to the constitution. Each signer of any initiative
Pàgina 266 - the people of the state of Ohio." The basis upon which the required number of petitioners in any case shall be determined shall be the total number of votes cast for the office of governor at the last preceding election therefor. The foregoing provisions of this section shall be self-executing, except as herein otherwise provided.
Pàgina 43 - when popular government was a thing only dreamed about, or read of as having existed at some distant period of the past. ... In time, however, a democratic republic came to occupy a large portion of the earth's surface, and made itself felt as one of the most powerful members of the community of nations; and elective and responsible government became subject to the
Pàgina 112 - no measure creating or abolishing any office or changing the salary, term or duties of any officer, or granting any franchise or special privilege, or creating any vested right or interest, shall be construed to be an urgency measure.
Pàgina 45 - as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control.
Pàgina 54 - In visiting the Americans and in studying their laws we perceive that the authority they have entrusted to members of the legal profession, and the influence which these individuals exercise in the government, is the most powerful existing security against the excesses of democracy,
Pàgina 262 - submitted to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection, the secretary of state shall submit to the electors of the state for their approval or rejection such law,
Referències a aquest llibre
Bringing in the People: A Comparison of Constitutional Forms and Practices ... Markku Suksi Previsualització limitada - 1993 |
The New England Town Meeting: Democracy in Action Joseph F. Zimmerman Previsualització no disponible - 1999 |