Note 23 — X THE NATURE OF SOVEREIGNTY (continued 2)

In his Commonwealth of England (published in 1583): ‘All that ever the people of Rome might do, either Centuriatis comitiis or Tributis, the same may be done by the Parliament of England, which representeth and hath the whole power of the realm, both the head and body. For every Englishman is intended to be there present, either in person or by procuration and attorney, of what pre-eminence, state, dignity, or quality soever he be, from the prince (be he King or Queen) to the lowest person of England, and the consent of the Parliament is taken to be every man’s consent.’ See an article by Sir F. Pollock in Harvard Law Review for January, 1895, and his First Book of Jurisprudence, p. 247.