Democracy's Privileged Few: Legislative Privilege and Democratic Norms in the British and American Constitutions

by JoshChafetz (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2007

  $89.13

  Compares the freedoms and protections of members of the United States Congress with those of Britain's Parliament. In analysing the story of how parliamentary government emerged in Britain and how it crossed the Atlantic, this book illuminates a variety of constitutional issues, including the separation of powers, and the nature of representation.