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The Act itself stands in a position never before occupied by any statute of immense and far-reaching importance . In furtherance of this design I have not only emphasised the doctrines ( such , for example , as the sovereignty of Parliament ) which are the foundation of the existing constitution , but have also constantly illustrated English constitutionalism by comparisons between it and the constitutionalism on the one hand of the United States , and on the other of the French Republic . No doubt there existed , at any rate till the middle of the nineteenth century , a limited body of experienced officials who held that our colonial system , as long as it was maintained , implied the active control by 40 Minutes of Proceedings of the Imperial Conference , 1911 [ Cd . It had been shown previously that in England the principles of inheritance applied directly to the singular succession of the heir to a specific fee , as well as to the universal succession of the executor . In any estimate of the strength or the weakness of federal government it is absolutely necessary not to confound , though the confusion is a very common one , federalism with nationalism .