The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there were no limits (save for the effect of trail by jury) to what the legislature might do.


Chapter V, TRANSFORMATION, p. 182. - The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (1967)

Bernard Bailyn Quotes

The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there ...

The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there ...

The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there ...

The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there ...