Description: Liberty and Locality : Parliament, Permissive Legislation, and Ratepayers' Democracies in the Min 19th Century, Hardcover by Prest, John M., ISBN 0198201753, ISBN-13 9780198201755, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK This is a study of local government and permissive legislation in nineteenth-century Britain. In the eighteenth century, every locality that wished to improve or police its streets had to obtain its own private Act of Parliament. By the nineteenth century, when the construction of a habitable urban environment had become a matter of urgency, Parliament had recourse to "permissive" or "adoptive" legislation. Parliament thus facilitated, but did not require, local action, and as long as the initiative and responsibility remained in local hands, relations between central and local government were relaxed. Including detailed case-studies of the Isle of Wight, Huddersfield, and Fife, Liberty and Locality will especially appeal to lawyers and political, social, and local historians.
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Book Title: Liberty and Locality : Parliament, Permissive Legislation, and Ra
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Liberty and Locality: Parliament, Permissive Legislation, and Ratepayers' Democracies in the Nineteenth Century
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Year: 1990
Subject: Government, History
Item Height: 221 mm
Item Weight: 456 g
Type: Textbook
Author: John Prest
Item Width: 145 mm
Format: Hardcover
