Considerations on Representative GovernmentParker, Son, and Bourn, 1861 - 340 páginas 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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