Necessity of inquiring into the political sense of the word representation at the time when a representative government began to be formed.
Mistaken theories on this subject.
Rousseau's theory, which denies representation and insists on individual sovereignty.
Theories of writers who attempt to reconcile the principle of representation with that of individual sovereignty.
Erroneousness of the idea that the sovereignty belongs to the majority.
True idea of representation.
Lecture XI.—Page [350]
Formation of a Parliament.
Introduction of county deputies into the Parliament.
Relations of the county deputies to the great barons.
Parliament of Oxford (1258).
Its regulations, termed the Acts of Oxford.
Hesitancy of the county deputies between the great barons and the crown.
Lecture XII.—Page [359]
Struggle between Henry III. and his Parliament.
Arbitration of Saint Louis.
The Earl of Leicester heads the great barons in their struggle with the king.
He is defeated and killed at Evesham (1265).
Admission of deputies from towns and boroughs into Parliament (1264).
Royalist reaction.
Leicester's memory remains popular.
Lecture XIII.—Page [368]
Progress of the Parliament under the reign of Edward I.
Frequent holding of Parliament.
Different composition of Parliaments.
Deputies from the counties and towns were not always present.
Discretionary power of the king in the convocation of barons.
The varying number of county and borough deputies.
Lecture XIV.—Page [377]
Mode of election of the deputies of counties and boroughs.
Who were the electors?
No uniform principle to regulate elections in boroughs and towns.
Voting in public.