Author: DUTCH COLONIAL CONSTITUTION EXPLAINED:
Title: Reglement op het Beleid van de Regering, het Justitiewezen, de Cultruur en den Handel in 's Lands Aziatische bezittingen. Gearresteerd door Zijne K.H. den Souvereinen Vorst der Vereenigde Nederlanden, den 3den Januarij 1815.
Description: [Buitenzorg], [signed in print:WILLEM; Couinter signed in print:DUYMAER VAN TWIST], [..], 1855. Small 8°. Recent limp wrappers. 190pp. Dutch language revised survey with detailed information reflecting dutch constitutional policy regulations valid in the Asiatic colonies, e.g.: the Dutch East Indies, with regard to the Department of Justice, Agriculture and Trade. It holds comparative notesreferences to previously implmented regulations up till 1836. Regulations coincide with the famous revision of dutch constitution presented by Thorbecke, famous dutch liberal statesman. Grosso modo the King's political power was heavily curtailed in favour of the dutch cabinet. It became and still is the fundament of dutch parliamentary democracy. Untrimmed copy.

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