Liberty and Locality: Parliament, Permissive Legislation, and Ratepayers' Democracies in the Nineteenth Century

By John Prest

In this innovative study John Prest argues that permissive legislation facilitated local initiative and debate, and that local initiatives were often more effective than national legislation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198201753
• ISBN13: 9780198201755
• Release Date: May 1990
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 5.7"