...present." (Goodnow-Howe report, pp. 27, 28.) But "what sort of reason is that," asks Edmund Burke, "'in which one set of men deliberate and another decide," and where those who form the conclusions are miles away from those who hear the arguments? We must look at the facts and the historical...

...legislation are matters of reason and judgment , and not of inclination ; and what sort of reason is that in which one set of men deliberate and another decide,...respectable opinion, which a representative ought always most seriously to consider. But authoritative ' instructions — mandates issued, which the member...

...superior. But government and tion are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination ; and what of reason is that, in which the determination precedes the discussion ; In wt one set of men deliberate, and another decide ; and where those who form tt conclusion are perhaps...

...and compromise on which decisions should be based. And, as Burke asked, what sort of a system is it "in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decides; and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those...

...words, a matter "of reason and judgment, and not of inclination."61 Burke has posed this question: "and what sort of reason is that in which the determination...miles distant from those who hear the arguments?" Accordingly, legislators were not delegates of the constituents. Rather, legislators were an elected...

...superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination...hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? . /. Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests; which interests...

..."but." "But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgment, and not of inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination...miles distant from those who hear the arguments?" They were, he said, sending him to a capital, but not a foreign capital. He was going to Parliament,...

...who can discuss and debate the issues with other experts in the legislature. In short, Burke asked, "what sort of reason is that in which the determination...three hundred miles distant from those who hear the argument?" 18 Therefore, Burke concluded, a member of Parliament cannot content himself with simply...

...superior. But government and legislation are matters of reason and judgement, and not of inclination; and what sort of reason is that in which the determination...decide, and where those who form the conclusion are three hundred miles distant from those who hear the arguments? (Hoffman and Levack 1949, 115) The delegate-trustee...

...representatives who were free to act according to their "own mature judgment," Therefore, he rejected a system "in which the determination precedes the discussion; in which one set of men deliberate, and another decides; and where those who form the conclusion are perhaps three hundred miles distant from those...