Bills and Acts: Legislative Procedure in Eighteenth-Century England

by Sheila Lambert

Book Overview

The eighteenth century witnessed both a notable increase in the amount of legislation passed in each parliamentary session as a response to the changing economic and social climate, and the development of new forms of parliamentary practice which foreshadowed the much better known innovations of the nineteenth century. In consequence, Parliament gained much greater influence over the everyday life of the community, and the new profession of parliamentary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052107679X
• ISBN13: 9780521076791
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"