1. THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION

2. What is the English Constitution? Book by Walter Bagehot written in 1867 Translated into several languages Bagehot explored the functioning of Parliament, the British monarchy and the contrasts between British and American government.

3. Carachteristics 1) It defined the rights and role of a monarch vis- à-vis, a government as three-fold: –The right to be consulted –The right to advise –The right to warn 2) Organized into two components: –the Dignified (that symbolic part) –the Efficient (the way things actually work and get done).

4. English and American system compared by Bagehot “A parliamentary system (England) educates the public, while a presidential system (America) corrupts it.” Parliament: you can turn out a government United State Congress: debates are ”prologues without a play”; they can’t turn out a government British Constitution: principle of choosing a single sovereign authority, and making it good American Constitution: principle of having many sovereing authorities, hoping that many of them may atone for their inferiority. Having many authorities is still in act only because of American’s reguard for law and for their “genius for politics”.