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-

Collection:: Economics Books

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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 V. Imperial control over Dominion administration and legislation

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1128 ADMINISTRATION AND LEGISLATION [PART V Parliament declined to pass such legislation, and therefore the treaty remained a dead letter. The Treaty of Washington of 1888, which never came into force, contained in Article XVI a provision for ratification by the Queen after receiving the assent of the Parliament of Canada and of the Legislature of Newfoundland. This was adopted in accordance with the precedents of 1854 and 1871, but the nature of the treaty rendered it clear that legislation both in Canada and Newfoundland would be necessary before the treaty could have any effect. The question of submitting treaties before ratification to Dominion Parliaments was further discussed in 1909 in connexion with the treaties concluded at the beginning of that year with the United States Government! Some unfavourable comment had arisen in the Canadian House of Commons because no copy of the Boundary Waters Treaty was available, though the treaty was before the United States Senate. At the same time comment was made in the Canadian Press which implied that the Canadian Government had been in some degree ignored in the negotiations. In a telegram from the Secretary of State of January 29, which was read in the Canadian House of Commons, it was pointed out that there was a misunderstanding as to the presentation of the treaty to the Dominion Parliament. The treaty-making power in Great Britain was the King, acting on the advice of his responsible ministers in the United Kingdom, who, in the case of treaties affecting a Dominion, acted in full con- sultation and accord with the Government of that Dominion. In the United States the treaty-making power was the President by and with the advice of the Senate, and until the Senate had approved, publication in the United States or in the United Kingdom was not customary. The United States Senate stood, therefore, in a different position from either the Imperial or the Canadian Parliament. The question as to how far it is desirable that treaties should be approved by Dominion Parliaments was also discussed in the Canadian House of Commons on May 14, t See Canadian Annual Review, 1909, pp. 29, 30, 183, 184.

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