Fine and Dandy: The Life and Work of Kay Swift

Ohl, Vicki

ISBN 10: 0300102615 / ISBN 13: 9780300102611

Published by Yale University Press, 2004

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HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fine and Dandy: The Life and Work of Kay Swift
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300102615
• ISBN 13: 9780300102611
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This book is the first to compare the freedoms and protections of members of the United States Congress with those of Britain's Parliament. Placing legislative privilege in historical context Josh Chafetz explores how and why legislators in Britain and America have been granted special privileges in five areas: jurisdictional conflicts between the courts and the legislative houses freedom of speech freedom from civil arrest contested elections and the disciplinary powers of the houses.
Legislative privilege is a crucial component of the relationship between a representative body and the other participants in government including the people. In recounting and analyzing the remarkable story of how parliamentary government emerged and evolved in Britain and how it crossed the Atlantic Chafetz illuminates a variety of important constitutional issues including the separation of powers the nature of representation and the difference between written and unwritten constitutionalism. This book will inspire in readers a much greater appreciation for the rise and triumph of democracy.

About the Author

Vicki Ohl is professor of piano and theory at Heidelberg College.