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Liberty and locality : Parliament, permissive legislation, and ratepayers' democracies in the nineteenth century
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prest, John M., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Decentralization in government--History--19th century--Great Britain.
- Decentralization in government.
- Local government--History--19th century--Great Britain.
- Local government.
- Local government--Law and legislation--History--19th century--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Parliament--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 235 p.)
- Other Title:
- Liberty and locality
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780191675003 (ebook) :
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