The Writings and Speeches of Edmund Burke

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Cosimo, Inc., 1 Ιαν 2008 - 472 σελίδες
This 12-volume set contains the complete life works of EDMUND BURKE (1729-1797), Irish political writer and statesman. Educated at a Quaker boarding school and at Trinity College in Dublin, Burke's eloquence gained him a high position in Britain's Whig party, and he was active in public life. He supported limitations on the power of the monarch and believed that the British people should have a greater say in their government. In general, Burke spoke out against the persecutions perpetuated by the British Empire on its colonies, including America, Ireland, and India. Burke's speeches and writings influenced the great thinkers of his day, including America's Founding Fathers. In Volume XI, readers will find . "Report from the Committee of the House of Commons, Appointed to Inspect the Lords' Journals in Relation to Their Proceedings on the Trial of Warren Hastings, Esq." . "Speeches in the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esq."
 

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REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COM
1
SPEECHES IN THE IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS
155
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219
FRIDAY MAY 30
227
TUESDAY JUNE 3
300
FOURTH DAY THURSDAY JUNE 5
372
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Σελίδα 13 - This is the reason that Judges ought not to give any opinion of a matter of Parliament, because it is not to be decided by the common laws, but secundum Legem et Consuetudinem Parliamenti: and so the Judges in divers Parliaments have confessed.
Σελίδα 40 - Accordingly, on the same day, "It is declared and ordered by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, that the...
Σελίδα 13 - As every court of justice," says Lord Coke, "hath laws and customs for its direction, some by the Common Law, some by the Civil and Canon Law, some by peculiar laws and customs, &c., so the High Court of Parliament suis propriis legibus et consuetudinibus subsistit.

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Born in Ireland in 1729, Edmund Burke was an English statesman, author, and orator who is best remembered as a formidable advocate for those who were victims of injustice. He was the son of a Dublin lawyer and had also trained to practice law. In the 1760s, Burke was elected to the House of Commons from the Whig party. Burke spent most of his career in Parliament as a member of the Royal Opposition, who was not afraid of controversy, as shown by his support for the American Revolution and for Irish/Catholic rights. His best-known work is Reflections on the French Revolution (1790). Some other notable works are On Conciliation with the American Colonies (1775) and Impeachment of Warren Hastings (1788). Edmund Burke died in 1797.

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