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1 online resource (xvi, 348 pages). |
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text file |
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Hart studies in constitutional law ; volume 7
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Hart studies in constitutional law ; v. 7.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the growth of many centuries -- A sycophant of real ability : the career of Thomas Erskine May -- Slumber and success : the House of Commons library after May -- Magi or Mandarins : contemporary clerky culture -- Persuading the House : the use of the Commons Journal as a source of precedent -- Manuals before May : from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century -- Parliamentary law in the eighteenth century : from commonplace to treatise --From manual to authority : the life and times of the Treatise -- Controversy at the Antipodes (and elsewhere) : the international cousins of the Treatise -- The principle of progress : May and procedural reform -- May on money : supply proceedings and the functions of a legislature -- A history of the standing orders -- Pursuing the efficient despatch of business : the role of committees in procedural reform since 1900 -- Finding time : legislative procedure since May -- Where did it all go right : developments in select committees, 1913-1960 -- A road not taken : select committees and the estimates, 1880-1904 -- Privilege : the unfolding debate with the courts -- Is Lex Parliamentaria really law : the House of Commons as a legal system. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Parliament -- Rules and practice.
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Great Britain. Parliament. |
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Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords -- History.
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Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. |
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History. |
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May, Thomas Erskine, 1815-1886.
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May, Thomas Erskine, 1815-1886. |
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Parliamentary practice -- Great Britain -- History.
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Parliamentary practice. |
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Great Britain. |
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Constitutional law -- Great Britain.
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Constitutional law. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Rules.
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Added Author |
May, Thomas Erskine, 1815-1886, honouree.
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Evans, Paul, 1955- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Essays on the history of parliamentary procedure. Oxford [UK] ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2018 9781509900206 (DLC) 2017045634 |
| ISBN |
9781509900213 electronic book |
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1509900217 electronic book |
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9781509900237 electronic book |
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1509900233 electronic book |
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9781509900220 electronic book |
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1509900225 electronic book |
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9781509900206 hardcover alkaline paper |
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