of Estrup, 561-562, 565-566;
recent instability, 567-568.
--Norway, united with, 553;
separated from, 554.
--Parliament. See _Rigsdag_.
--Parliamentarism, 560-562.
--Parties, rise, 565;
during Estrup's ministry, 565-566;
advent of Liberals to power, 566;
since 1903, 566-568.
--Proportional Representation, in election of senators, 563.
--Radical Party, 567-568.
--Revolution of 1660, 554-555.
--_Rigsdag_, composition, 562-563;
electoral system, 563-564;
sessions and power, 564-565.
--_Rigsrad_, 554.
--Schleswig, 558.
--Social Democratic Party, 567-568.
Elections, of British House of Commons, 92-96;
of _Reichstag_, 224-225;
of Prussian _Abgeordnetenhaus_, 258-263;
under Revolutionary and Napoleonic constitutions, 293-294;
present system in France, 318-322;
in Italy, 376-378, 400-402;
in Switzerland, 423, 426-428, 435-437;
in Austria, 466-483;
in Holland, 526-530;
in Belgium, 539-547;
in Denmark, 563-568;
in Norway, 581-582, 587;
in Sweden, 592-596, 600;
in Spain, 617-618, 624-625;
in Portugal, 633-642.
England:--
--Act of Settlement (1701), 49.
--Administration. See Local Government.
--Admiralty Board, 62.
--Asquith, H., resolutions for reform of Lords, 108.
--Attainder, 130.
--Bill of Rights, 32.
--Borough, in fifteenth century, 23;
franchise before 1832, 79;
franchise extended in 1832 and 1867, 82-84;
redistribution of parliamentary seats, 85;
organization before 1832, 177-178;
reform by Municipal Corporations Act, 178;
kinds, 187;
authorities, 188;
council and its functions, 189.
--Budget, preparation, 136.
--Cabinet, origins, 37-38;
relations with Privy Council, 60;
relations with ministry, 61;
composition, 64;
size, 65;
selection of premier, 66;
selection of other members, 67-68;
political solidarity, 69;
responsibility, 70;
proceedings, 71-73;
central position, 74.
--Campbell-Bannerman, Liberal leader, 154;
premier, 157.
--Chamberlain, Joseph, and the Liberal Unionists, 151;
tariff reform programme, 155.
--Chancery, Court of, 17, 174.
--Charles I., parliaments of, 28.
--Charles II., restoration, 31;
rise of cabinet, 37.
--Chartists, 82-83.
--Civil List, 51-52.
--Committees, kinds, 123;
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