Laboratory for liberty : the South Carolina legislative committee system, 1719-1776.
This comprehensive study highlights the importance of legislative and extralegal committees in the political and institutional development of early American history, showing how the colonial experience modified a basic British institution, using it in the cause of legislative supremacy and, eventual...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from JSTOR |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1970. |
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| Summary: | This comprehensive study highlights the importance of legislative and extralegal committees in the political and institutional development of early American history, showing how the colonial experience modified a basic British institution, using it in the cause of legislative supremacy and, eventually, independence. The book illuminates the role played by committees in the growth of colonial self-government, tracing the committee system to its origins in the parliamentary committees of medieval England, then following the permutations of the committee system through the decades in which sel. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (214 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813162904 0813162904 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |