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Private property, government requisition and the Constitution, 1914-1927 / G.R. Rubin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubin, Gerry R., 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Confiscations and contributions--Great Britain.
- Requisitions, Military--Great Britain--History.
- Requisitions, Military.
- Eminent domain--Great Britain--History.
- Eminent domain.
- Compensation (Law)--Great Britain--History.
- Compensation (Law).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Rio Grande, Ohio : The Hambledon Press, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <i>Private Property, Government Requisition and the Constitution, 1914-1927</i> ranges widely over different types of property, including aerodromes, ships, hotels, pubs, alcoholic drinks and foodstuffs, the history of whose requisition by the wartime state is carefully documented. It shows how the state, in this as in many areas, was forced to act by immediate pressures, often improvising rights over areas of life previously outside the power of government; by doing so it documents a key stage in the growth of centralised power in modern Britain.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1 Too Important to Leave to the Generals?; 2 No Expropriation without Compensation; 3 DORA, the Lady of Doubtful Legality; 4 Those Magnificent Men and Shoreham Aerodrome; 5 The Departments Bluffed with Confidence; 6 At De Keyser''s Hotel; 7 The Cannon Brewery Explodes; 8 Newcastle Rum; 9 The Pulses of the Nation; 10 HMT 39BBB; 11 Lord Rosebery and a Gang of Inefficient Swankers; 12 Compensation as Usual?; 13 The Scrapping of English Constitutional Law since the War?; 14 What Did You Salvage from the Great War, Daddy?; 15 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C
- DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-256) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4411-9109-7
- OCLC:
- 893336475
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