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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford [England] : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1990.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 235 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191675003 0191675008 |