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Reflections on the Trial of the Prince de Polignac and His Colleagues Before the Chamber of Peers of France in 1830, a Letter to an Advocate of the Cour Royale at Paris

Reflections on the Trial of the Prince de Polignac and His Colleagues Before the Chamber of Peers of France in 1830, a Letter to an Advocate of the Cour Royale at Paris


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836. Excerpt: ... already Voted by the Chamber of Deputies. In such a document, the vital question of the jurisdiction or competence of the Court of Peers could not fail to occupy a prominent place; and from no persons could a right decision on its merits be more confidently expected than from the noble and learned personages who were named on that commission. The Report commences by an elaborate panegyric on the authority and dignity of the Chamber of Peers. After comparing it to the Senate of ancient Rome, the great Council of the Amphictyons, and the British House of Lords, the Reporter proceeds to affirm, that, "on account of its exalted rank, and the independence secured to it by the stability of its constitution and the number of its members, it, above all other tribunals, is eminently calculated to secure to society and to the accused all those pledges of learning, firmness, and authority, of which, in the great causes which occur but once in a century, and in which the destinies of nations are involved, justice is most in need.' After stating the facts on which the accusation sent up by the Deputies rested, Monsieur de Bastard approaches the great question of the jurisdiction of the Chamber; and so far from adopting the view with which the accusation had been preferred, it will appear, from the following extract of the Report, that the Chamber of Peers was in direct collision with the Chamber of Deputies--the Deputies insisting that the crimes imputed to the ministers were treason, and, as such, within the jurisdiction of the Peers--the Peers stating a clear opinion, that they could only be reached by the exercise of legislative power--the old expedient of a Bill of Attainder, which the impatience of the Commons and the intractability of the Peers of England had re...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781151234513
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 54
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151234516
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 113 gr

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