Author: Johannes MatternPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528587440
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Excerpt from The Employment of the Plebiscite in the Determination of Sovereignty In its common application the term plebiscite is gener ally used as the equivalent oi the principle of popular con sent. For practical purposes this is not incorrect. To the popular mind the two terms are indeed identical. How ever, technically speaking, the principle oi popular consent represents an end in itself, the right of the people to decide by simple or larger majority vote matters of government or state, While the term plebiscite denotes merely the mode of expressing or withholding such popular approval of each measure submitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.