Parliament

First published in 1939 Parliament sought to analyse the parliamentary institutions of the United Kingdom as pieces of constitutional machinery.

Ivor Jennings (Author)

9780521095327, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 1 May 1969

588 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.673 kg

First published in 1939 Parliament sought to analyse the parliamentary institutions of the United Kingdom as pieces of constitutional machinery. This reprint is from the revised version of the book.

1. Authority transcendent and absolute
2. Honourable members
3. Parties and officials
4. The framework of oratory
5. The art of management
6. The technique of opposition
7. Who makes the laws?
8. The process of legislation
9. Financial control
10. Nationalised industries
11. Private members
12. The House of Lords
13. Private bill legislation
14. Delegated legislation
15. Parliamentary democracy.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP]