RIPERT (Henry) – THE PRESIDENCY OF POLITICAL ASSEMBLIES, Preface by Paul Deschanel
RIPERT (Henry) – THE PRESIDENCY OF POLITICAL ASSEMBLIES, Preface by Paul Deschanel
    RIPERT (Henry)
    THE PRESIDENCY OF POLITICAL ASSEMBLIES, Preface by Paul Deschanel
Édition :
    Paris
Date :
    1908
    octavo, paperback, uncut, (cover faded), interior fresh, XXIII-511 p.
    "Mr. Ripert has succeeded in presenting an extremely clear, interesting, and precise portrait of the presidents of the various national legislative assemblies. In Book I, the author examines, from a historical and theoretical perspective, the unelected presidents of the lower houses (the French Legislative Body under the First and Second Empires and the Chamber of Deputies under the Restoration, as well as the popular assemblies of Sweden, the Netherlands, and Portugal), those of the upper houses (the French Senate, the English House of Lords, the American Senate, and the German Bundesrat), and, in Book II, he deals in the same way with the elected presidents. This latter part is obviously much more substantial, and the treatment is far more complete and extensive, focusing on the Speaker of the English House of Commons, the Speaker of the American House of Representatives, and the presidents of the French Senate and Chamber of Deputies. A few additional pages describe related officials in Belgium, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the German Reichstag." His outline of the history of the growing power and influence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, from its beginnings in 1789 to its zenith in the persons of Thomas B. Reed and Joseph G. Cannon, is particularly interesting. The author interprets this as the people's natural attempt to provide a principle of unity in a government "based entirely on democracy"—on the principle of absolute separation—absolute separation of executive and legislative powers" (p. 248), that is to say, it is in reality "a reaction against the dispersion of powers and the weakening of authority desired and amplified by the constitution." A leader was needed, and only the Speaker, by virtue of his prerogatives, could become that leader" (p. 251).

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