Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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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:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part VI. The judiciary

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1406 THE JUDICIARY [PART VI independent judgement of the Imperial officer—the Governor. He considered, however, that even so, ministers must be responsible for any advice which they gave and be liable to condemnation by Parliament; they could not consistently with the principles of self-government be relieved from responsibility for anything they did. The representatives of Newfoundland considered that the power in such cases should be vested in the representative of the Crown, and Mr. Service thought that the matter should certainly stand over until the Australian Colonies were agreed; while Sir William Fitzherbert, on behalf of New Zealand, thought that it was inconvenient to press the question of life and death for party decision before Parliament. No action was there- fore for the time being taken upon the question at issue. § 4. Tee CHANGE OF 1892 The decision of the Colonial Conference remained for a time unchallenged, for evidently Ministries were not agreed as to the course to be taken, and some at least were not adverse to being relieved from the troublesome position involved by the necessity of dealing with such cases on their final responsibility! On the other hand, Mr. Higinbotham felt very deeply on the subject, and it was one of the points on which he addressed Lord Knutsford, not as a Secretary of State, but as a distinguished person interested in Colonial affairs. His language was warm, but in effect he was right in thinking that in all ordinary matters it would be better if the usual system of responsibility was adopted. In 1888 the utterly unstable position was illustrated by the action of the Governor of Queensland, who declined to accept minis- terial advice in a non-capital case ; the Premier at once said he would resign, and the Governor had, after consulting the Secretary of State, to give way. Then followed a dispatch of October 30 to the officer administering the Government of the Colony, in which Lord Knutsford admitted that Sir A. Musgrave had acted strictly within his instructions, but he said that he would have done well to subordinate his . (f. Holman in New South Wales Parliamentary Debates, 1911, p. 1296.

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