Statutory Authorities for Special Purposes: With a Summary of the Development of Local Government Structure

by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb

Book Overview

Originally published in 1963, this volume is devoted to an analysis of the organisation of the Commissioners of Sewers, the Incorporated Guardians of the Poor, the Turnpike Trusts and the Improvement Commissioners, and depicts the important development of these bodies during the eighteenth century. By examining the constitutional features of these statutory authorities Mr. & Mrs. Webb support their main contention that here are to be found the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367143658
• ISBN13: 9780367143657
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 522 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.8"