The English Constitution

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The English Constitution is Walter Bagehot’s influential 19th-century analysis of the practical workings and unwritten principles of the British constitutional system.

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The English Constitution canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
political science work ⓘ
analyzes the Cabinet ⓘ
the House of Commons ⓘ
the House of Lords ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords

the monarchy ⓘ
the party system ⓘ
the role of the Prime Minister ⓘ
associatedWithConcept cabinet government ⓘ
parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Queen Victoria ⓘ
William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
author Walter Bagehot ⓘ
characterizesCabinetAs efficient part of the constitution ⓘ
characterizesMonarchyAs dignified part of the constitution ⓘ
contrastsWith formal legal constitution ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
describes dignified parts of the constitution ⓘ
efficient parts of the constitution ⓘ
describesElectorateAs deferential in Victorian Britain ⓘ
emphasizes conventions of the constitution ⓘ
political practice over legal form ⓘ
firstPublishedAs series of essays ⓘ
focusesOn practical workings of the British constitution ⓘ
unwritten principles of the British constitution ⓘ
genre constitutional analysis ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasEdition multiple later editions and reprints ⓘ
hasNotableConcept fusion of powers in the British system ⓘ
hasReception highly influential in constitutional thought ⓘ
historicalContext Victorian era ⓘ
influenced comparative constitutional scholarship ⓘ
later studies of the British constitution ⓘ
isStudiedIn British history ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
political science ⓘ
language English ⓘ
originalMedium The Fortnightly Review ⓘ
proposesConcept dignified institutions ⓘ
efficient institutions ⓘ
publicationYear 1867 ⓘ
publisher Chapman and Hall ⓘ
subject British constitution ⓘ
United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

parliamentary system ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed mid-19th-century British politics ⓘ
viewsHouseOfCommonsAs predominant political body ⓘ

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Walter Bagehot → notableWork → The English Constitution ⓘ
Walter Bagehot → notableWork → The English Constitution ⓘ
subject linked to: Bagehot
Walter Bagehot → notableWork → The English Constitution ⓘ
subject linked to: Eliza Wilson