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1.

The Evolution of Parliament
by A. F. Pollard. 459 pgs.

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Preface to the First Edition

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List of Illustrations

The Evolution Of Parliament Chapter I The Place of Parliament in History

Chapter II The High Court of Parliament

Chapter III Edward I's Parliamentary Models

Chapter IV The Myth of the Three Estates

Chapter V The Fiction of the Peerage

Chapter VI The Growth of the House of Commons

Chapter VII Parliament and Nationalism

Chapter VIII The Growth of Representation

Chapter IX Parliament and Liberty

Chapter X Parliament and the Church

Chapter XI The Growth of Sovereignty in Parliament

Chapter XII The Separation of Powers

Chapter XIII The Crown in Parliament

Chapter XIV The Council in Parliament

Chapter XV The Peers in Parliament

Chapter XVI The Commons in Parliament

Chapter XVII The State in Parliament

Chapter XVIII The British Realms in Parliament

Appendix I Pictures of Parliament

Appendix Ii Parliamentary Representation in the Fourteenth Century

Index
2.

Parliament
by Ivor Jennings. 574 pgs.

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A NOTE ON REFERENCES

PREFACE

Chapter I Authority Transcendent and Absolute

Chapter II Honourable Members

Chapter III Parties and Officials

Chapter IV the Framework of Oratory

Chapter V the Art of Management

Chapter VI the Technique of Opposition

Chapter VII Who Makes the Laws?

Chapter VIII the Process of Legislation

Chapter IX Financial Control

Chapter X the Nationalised Industries

Chapter XI the Private Member

Chapter XII the House of Lords

Chapter XIV Delegated Legislation

Chapter XV Parliamentary Democracy

APPENDIX I HOUSE OF COMMONS

APPENDIX II WHO MADE THE LAWS IN 1936-7?

INDEX
3.

An Encyclopedia of Parliament
by Norman Wilding, Philip Laundy. 936 pgs.

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List of Appendixes

Appendix 1 Parliaments of England

Appendix 2 Salaries of Ministers, Speakers, and Members

Appendix 3 List of Commonwealth and Colonial Gifts to the New House of Commons

Appendix 4 Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal

Appendix 5 Presiding Officers and Speakers of the House of Commons

Appendix 6 Clerks of the House of Commons

Appendix 7 Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth

Appendix 8 Lords High Admiral, First Lords of the Admiralty and (from 1964 to 1967) Ministers of Defence for the Royal Navy

Appendix 9 Presidents of the Board of Agriculture and Ministers of Agriculture, Fisheries and (since 1955) Food

Appendix 10 Secretaries of State for Air and (from 1964 to 1967) Ministers of Defence for the Royal Air Force

Appendix 11 Secretaries of State for the Colonies

Appendix 12 Secretaries of State for Dominion Affairs and (from 1947 to 1966) Secretaries of State for Commonwealth Relations and (from 1966 to 1968) Secretaries of State for Commonwealth Affairs

Appendix 13 Ministers of Defence and (since 1964) Secretaries of State for Defence

Appendix 14 Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chancellors of the Duchy and County Palatine

Appendix 15 Presidents of the Board of Education, Ministers of Education and (since 1964) Secretaries of State for Education and Science

Appendix 16 Chancellors of the Exchequer

Appendix 17 Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs and (since 1968) Secretaries of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Appendix 18 Ministers of Health

Appendix 19 Secretaries of State for the Home Department

Appendix 20 Ministers of Town and Country Planning and (from 1951 to 1970) Ministers of Housing and Local Government

Appendix 21 Secretaries of State for India

Apendix 22 Ministers of Labour and (since 1968) Secretaries of State for Employment and Productivity

Appendix 23 Lords President of the Council

Appendix 24 Keepers of the Privy Seal

Appendix 25 Paymasters General of the Forces, Treasurers of the Navy and Paymasters General

Appendix 26 Ministers of Pensions and (from 1953 to 1966) National Insurance and (since 1966) Ministers of Social Security and (since 1968) Secretaries of State for Social Services

Appendix 27 Postmasters-General and (since 1969) Ministers of Posts and Telecommunications

Appendix 28 Secretaries and Secretaries of State for Scotland

Appendix 29 Ministers of Supply

Appendix 30 Presidents of the Board of Trade

Appendix 31 Ministers of Transport

Appendix 32 Secretary of State for War 1794 Henry Dundas

Appendix 33 First Commissioners of Works, Ministers of Works and (from 1962 to 1970) Ministers of Public Building and Works"

Appendix 34 Bibliography
4.

Questions in Parliament
by D. N. Chester, Nona Bowring. 338 pgs.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Origins and Development

Chapter 3: The Changes in 1902, and 1906

Chapter 4: Number of Questions Since 1902

Chapter 5: Question Time Since 1902

Chapter 6: The Development of The Rota System

Chapter 7: The Effect of The Rota System

Chapter 8: Answerability, Ubiquity And Publicity

Chapter 9: The Questions

Chapter 10: The Questioners

Chapter 11: Ministers and Their Answers

Chapter 12: Conclusions

Appendices

Index
5.

British Parliamentary Parties: Policy and Power
by Jack Brand. 376 pgs.

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This book examines the role of the British Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties in the development of government policy since 1945. Focusing on major policy fields--agriculture, education, housing, defense, the economy, and Scottish affairs--Brand argues that the influence of back-benchers has been consistently underestimated, and that the interdependence of front- and back-benchers frequently produces surprising and significant effects on policy development.

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1: The Power of Parliamentary Parties

2: Models of Legislative Parties

INTRODUCTION

3: Counting Influence

CONCLUSION

4: Power Over Agriculture

CONCLUSION

5: Housing in Parliament

CONCLUSION

6: Power Over Education

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

7: Parliament and Policy in Scotland

8: Parties and Economic Policy

INTRODUCTION

9: Parties and Defence Policy

CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION

10: Conclusion

Bibliography

Index
6.

Fifty Years of British Parliament
by H. H. Asquith. 306 pgs.

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Illustrations

Part One

Chapter I: Introductory

Chapter II: Mr. Gladstone's Colleagues (1868)

Chapter III: Mr. Gladstone's Colleagues (1869)

Chapter IV: Parliamentary Eloquence in 1869

Chapter V: 1868-1873

Chapter VI: 1874-1875: Mr. Gladstone's Retirement

Chapter VII: 1876-1878

Chapter VIII: Jingoism in Excelsis

Chapter IX: Obstruction and the Caucus

Chapter X: 1880

Chapter XI: The New House of Commons: Bradlaugh

Chapter XII: The Transvaal

Chapter XIII: Ireland

Chapter XIV: Egypt

Chapter XV: Liberal Rifts, 1883-1885: Disintegration

Chapter XVI: Tory Rifts: the Rise of Churchill

Chapter XVII: Churchill, 1883-1885

Chapter XVIII: Reform

Chapter XIX: The Advent of the Caretakers

Chapter XX: The New Departure (i)

Chapter XXI: The New Departure (ii)

Chapter XXII: End of the Salisbury Government

Chapter XXIII: First Stage of Home Rule

Chapter XXIV: The First Home Rule Bill (1886)

Chapter XXV: The Climax of Churchill (1886)

Chapter XXVI: Peripeteia (1886-1887)

Chapter XXVII: Reshuffling the Pack, 1887

Chapter XXVIII: The Balfour RÉgime, 1887-1891

Chapter XXIX: Pigott 1888-1889

Chapter XXX: Parnell, 1890

Chapter XXXI: Changes of Personnel, 1891

Chapter XXXII: The Election of 1892

Part Two

Chapter XXXIII: The Last Gladstone Government, 1892-1894

Chapter XXXIV: The Second Home Rule Bill, 1893

Chapter XXXVI: Formation of the Rosebery Government, 1894

Chapter XXXVII: The Rosebery Administration, 1894-1895

Chapter XXXVIII: Interlude 1895-1896

Chapter Xxxix: Lord Rosebery's Resignation, 1896-1897

Chapter XL: The Raid -- and After

Chapter XLI: 1898

Chapter XLIII: South African War and Khaki Election, 1899-1900
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Parliaments, Nations and Identities in Britain and Ireland, 1660-1850
by Julian Hoppit. 225 pgs.

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List of Tables

List of Contributors

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

1: Introduction

2: Legislating for Three Kingdoms

3: Local Identities and a National Parliament, C 1688-1835

4: Church, Parliament and National Identity, C 1770-C 1830

5: The Landed Interest and the National Interest, 1660-1800

6: Patriots and Legislators

7: The Scots, the Westminster Parliament, and the British State in the Eighteenth Century

8: Government, Parliament and Politics in Ireland, 1801-41

9: Parliament and International Law in the Eighteenth Century

10: Slaves, Sati and Sugar

11: Colonial Representation at Westminster, C 1800-65

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8.

The Property Qualifications of Members of Parliament
by Helen Elizabeth Witmer. 248 pgs.

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Chapter I: Moneyed Men and Landed Men

Chapter II: The Qualification Act of 1710

Chapter III: The Operation of the Quali Fication Act

Chapter IV: The Reform Movement and The Qualification Act

Chapter V: The Reforming Thirties

Chapter VI: The Abolition of the Quali Fication Acts

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Vita
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The Commons in the Parliament of 1422: English Society and Parliamentary Representation under the Lancastrians
by J. S. Roskell. 266 pgs.

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Table of Abbreviations Used In References

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Chapter II The City and Borough Elections

Chapter III The Problem of Parliamentary Experience

Chapter IV The Parliamentary Burgesses of 1422

Chapter V The Knights of the Shire of 1422

Chapter VI The Acts of the Parliament of 1422

Chapter VII The Changing Character of Borough Representation in the Fifteenth Century

Part Two

Biographical Notes on the Knights of The Shire and Some Parliamentary Burgesses Of 1422

Appendix

General Index
10.

Members of the Long Parliament
by D. Brunton, D. H. Pennington. 256 pgs.

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Introduction

Chapter I The Original Members

Chapter II The Recruiters

Chapter III The Rump

Chapter IV The Merchants

Chapter V The Eastern Association

Chapter VI The South-West

Conclusion

Appendix I Statistical Tables

Appendix Ii A Note On Goodwin V. Fortescue

Appendix Iii The Stafford Election, 1645

Appendix Iv Bibliography

Appendix V Counties and Boroughs And Their Members

Appendix Vi Alphabetical List Of Members

Index
11.

Labor and Empire: A Study of the Reaction of British Labor, Mainly as Represented in Parliament to British Imperialism since 1880
by Tingfu F. Tsiang. 240 pgs.

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Chapter I: Introduction

Chapter II: Labor and India

Chapter III: Labor and Africa

Chapter IV: Labor and Ireland

Chapter V: Labor and General Imperialistic Movements

Chapter VI: Labor and General Imperialistic Movements

Chapter VII: Labor and the World War

Chapter VIII: Conclusion
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Electoral Reform in England and Wales: The Development and Operation of the Parliamentary Franchise, 1832-1885
by Charles M. A. Seymour. 564 pgs.

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Chapter I Introduction

Chapter II The Reformed Franchises of 1832

Chapter III The Redistribution of Seats

Chapter IV Effects of Reform Upon Constituency And Party

Chapter V Registration: the Creation of Votes

Chapter VI Registration: Methods and Causes of Dis- Qualification

Chapter VII Electoral Morality Before 1854

Chapter VIII The Attack Upon Corruption, 1832-1854

Chapter IX The Beginnings of Democratic Suffrage: The Reform Act of 1867

Chapter X The Reformed Electorate, 1867-1884

Chapter XI The Distribution of Seats and Its Effect Upon Electoral Power Before And After 1867

Chapter XII Registration and the Party Associations, 1865-1885

Chapter XIII Electoral Morality After 1854

Chapter XIV The Final Attack Upon Corruption And Excessive Election Expenditure

Chapter XV Democratic Suffrage in the Counties: The Franchise Act of 1884

Chapter XVI The Determination of Electoral Power: the Redistribution Act of 1885

Chapter XVII Conclusion

Bibliographical Note

Appendices

Index
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A Breviate of Parliamentary Papers, 1917-1939
by P. Ford, G. Ford. 571 pgs.

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Research Staff--Plan of Work

Acknowledgments

Introduction

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