Book: English Constitutional History - S.B. Chrimes

Mr. Chrimes has written a very readable account of the English Constitution as it exists today, tracing the important constitutional institutions from their origins. His own political philosophy woven into the narrative adds to the finished product. The problems of government are eternal, and it is only the solutions that change. According to the author liberty must be reconciled with law, progress with stability, and the State with the individual. England has arrived at the best answers to the perpetual riddles through her ability to compromise. Yet in the background is the lurking danger that the quest for catholicons will beguile the ignorant into accepting the Leviathan State. "Knowledge as well as eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."' It is to prevent such a contingency that Mr. Chrimes has shown "in broad outline what the English Constitution is now, and how past ages have contributed to it.' - John J. Murray

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