WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. I. PLUTOLOGY; OR, THE THEORY OF THE EFFORTS TO SATISFY HUMAN WANTS. GEORGE ROBERTSON PUBLISHER. Price Sixteen Shillings. II. THE ARYAN HOUSEHOLD : ITS STRUCTURE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT. GEORGE ROBERTSON PUBLISHER. Price Sixteen Shillings. III. THE THEORY OF LEGAL DUTIES AND RIGHTS. JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER. IV. A BILL TO DECLARE, Consolidate, AND AMEND THE SUBSTANTIVE GENERAL LAW. Brought into the Legislative Council of Victoria. JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER. 0 THE GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND ITS STRUCTURE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT BY THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM EDWARD HEARN, Q.C., M.L.C. CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE SECOND EDITION GEORGE ROBERTSON AND CO. MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, ADELAIDE, AND BRISBANE MDCCCLXXXVI HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY DEPOSITED BY THE LIBRARY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION JUN 21 1940 MELBOURNE: GEORGE ROBERTSON AND COMPANY, LITTLE COLLINS STREET WEST. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.-THE KINGship of ENGLAND. § 1. The form of the Constitution is a limited monarchy 2. The King is a true monarch and not an executive officer 3. The monarchy is limited by the substitution of the official 4. Meaning of the maxim "the King can do no wrong' 5. Legal analogies to the specific expression of the Royal will 6. The contest of Parliament with the Stuart Kings arose from the confusion between the King's personal and his 7. The same principle was the ground of the distinction 4. Supposed inalterability of the Common Law by statute 5. The power of legislation still rests with the King, not alone, 60 |