Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896934455

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part I. Introductory

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CHAP. 11] LEGAL BASIS 69 time exceed eight, who shall be capable of being elected members of either House of Parliament, and of sitting or voting therein. (2) Such officers shall be responsible ministers of the Crown and members of the Executive Council, and four at least of such officers shall be members of the Council or Assembly. (3) Not more than two of such officers shall at any one time be members of the Council, and not more than six of such officers shall at any one time be members of the Assembly. 6. No responsible minister of the Crown shall hold office for alonger period than three months, unless he is or becomes a member of the Council or Assembly. Provision was also made by s. 9 for ministers to be able to sit and speak in either house, though not to vote in any but the house of which he was a member, if the House consented, and provided that only one minister at a time had the privilege in either house. Tt is clear that the provisions of 1903 carry the matter 3 good deal further than usual. Historically they are adopted in part from the precedent of Natal in 1893, in part from the provisions of the Commonwealth Constitution. But they do not establish responsible government : they do not even constitute the Executive Council, and, as in the case of New South Wales and the other States, the royal instructions still leave the Governor free to appoint such other persons as he pleases to be members of the Executive Council of the State. But they provide the Governor with a nucleus of a Council who are responsible ministers, and they provide that responsible ministers must in part be also in Parliament : the provisions are clumsy, but it is clear that at any one time four must be in Parliament, and that 10 one of the whole number can hold an office for over three months without becoming a member of Parliament. But, again, while a Parliamentary Executive is contemplated, though not legally provided for in complete measure, there i$ no hint that the Executive must control Parliament or depend on Parliament for its position. The Governor might theoretically call in a number of non-ministers to make up his Council, and again, ministers might legally remain in

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