Commentaries on the Laws of England
Book I, Of the Rights of Persons · Chapter 2, Of the Parliament
What I wrote in 1765, in short
Each House of Parliament holds a negative upon the other. No bill may become law without the assent of the Lords as well as the Commons.
Parliament Act 1911: the Lords lose their veto. Money bills pass without them; other bills they may only delay (two years, cut to one in 1949). The elected House has the last word.
One palace out of nine. Blackstone's Commentaries now have one page that tells the truth about 2026.
Next door: the Supreme Court. And somewhere in Bloomsbury, Jeremy Bentham is waiting.
Oxford, 1765. William Blackstone falls asleep over his Commentaries on the Laws of England. He wakes up in Westminster, in 2026.