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And we can throw in a “liberum veto” provision, whereby all decisions must be unanimous, just like the Polish sejm of the 16th century.
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And we can throw in a “liberum veto” provision, whereby all decisions must be unanimous, just like the Polish sejm of the 16th century.
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Another thing: by the time of the partitions, the Poles had come up with a solution to the liberum veto through the mechanism of the confederated sejm, in which there was no veto (sort of like a modified Committee of the Whole to expedite parliamentary business).
Matthew Yglesias » 18th Century Polish Strategic Dilemmas 2010
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Another thing: by the time of the partitions, the Poles had come up with a solution to the liberum veto through the mechanism of the confederated sejm, in which there was no veto (sort of like a modified Committee of the Whole to expedite parliamentary business).
Matthew Yglesias » 18th Century Polish Strategic Dilemmas 2010
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And we can throw in a “liberum veto” provision, whereby all decisions must be unanimous, just like the Polish sejm of the 16th century.
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And we can throw in a “liberum veto” provision, whereby all decisions must be unanimous, just like the Polish sejm of the 16th century.
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Constitution abolished pernicious parliamentary institutions such as the liberum veto, which at one time had put the sejm at the mercy of any deputy who might choose, or be bribed by an interest or foreign power, to undo legislation passed by that sejm.
WN.com - Articles related to Kenya to focus on trade and economic diplomacy, says Kibaki 2010
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The Constitution abolished pernicious parliamentary institutions such as the liberum veto, which at one time had put the sejm at the mercy of any deputy who might choose, or be bribed by an interest or foreign power, to undo legislation passed by that sejm.
WN.com - Articles related to Kenya to focus on trade and economic diplomacy, says Kibaki 2010
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