Second Chambers in Theory Practice (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Second Chambers in Theory Practice This book surveys the more important Second Chambers of the world, but its illustrations are chiefly drawn from the experiences of the British Dominions. In the case of foreign countries, owing to the difference between their needs and our own, the conclusions that can be safely derived from them are strictly limited. But the Dominions furnish us with a variety of experiments made by peoples possessing many of our own traditions and with constitutions created upon the British model. I offer my thanks to Professor Berriedale Keith for his revision of the chapters on the Dominions, Sir William Beveridge, Professor Graham Wallas and Mr. H. J. Laski for the care with which they read through the manuscript of this book, Professor Vaucher and Mr. Finer for kindly looking through the appendix on France, and Miss Kathleen Walker for preparing the manuscript. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.