Liberty and locality parliament, permissive legislation and ratepayers' democracies in the nineteenth century

A study of local government and permissive legislation in 19th-century Britain. It argues that permissive legislation facilitated local initiative and debate, and that local initiatives were often more effective than national legislation

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prest, John M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Clarendon 1990, 1990
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:A study of local government and permissive legislation in 19th-century Britain. It argues that permissive legislation facilitated local initiative and debate, and that local initiatives were often more effective than national legislation
Physical Description:x, 235 p.
ISBN:9780191675003