The state and the citizen

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Introduction

The House of lords at the time of Oliver Cromwell

Foreign second chambers, their origins and composition

Origin and composition of colonial second chambers

The powers of second chambers and the provisions for avoiding parliamentary deadlocks

General recognition of the value of the double-chamber system

The nature of the peril of the single-chamber system. The Parliament act and the single-chamber system

The absence of constitutional safeguards

The referendum

Appendixes: I. Legislatures of the oversea states. II. Legislatures of foreign countries. III. The Parliament act, 1911