I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION. II. THE CABINET. III. THE MONARCHY. IV. THE HOUSE OF LORDS. V. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. VI. ON CHANGES OF MINISTRY. VII. ITS SUPPOSED CHECKS AND BALANCES. VIII. THE PREREQUISITES OF CABINET GOVERNMENT, AND THE PECULIAR FORM WHICH THEY HAVE ASSUMED IN ENGLAND. IX. ITS HISTORY, AND THE EFFECTS OF THAT HISTORY.--CONCLUSION. There is a great difficulty in the way of a writer who attempts to sketch a living Constitution--a Constitution that is in actual work and power. The difficulty is that the object is in constant change. An historical writer does not feel this difficulty: he deals only with the past; he can say definitely, the Constitution worked in such a…
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