English Constitution
Author: first_name: Walter
last_name: Bagehot
Language: English
Year: 1872

<i>The English Constitution</i> is an extremely accessible work of political and legal science by Walter Bagehot, first published in serialized form in 1865-7. While some of his observations on the English system no longer apply to the modern constitutional organization of the United Kingdom, his philosophical basis is for the most part as sound as ever. <br></br>For instance, Bagehot observes in the chapter on the Monarchy that, It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it