Josh Chafetz
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300113259
- eISBN:
- 9780300134896
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300113259.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This book compares the freedoms and protections of members of the United States Congress with those of Britain's Parliament. Placing legislative privilege in historical context, the book explores how ...
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This book compares the freedoms and protections of members of the United States Congress with those of Britain's Parliament. Placing legislative privilege in historical context, the book 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, the book illuminates a variety of important constitutional issues, including the separation of powers, the nature of representation, and the difference between written and unwritten constitutionalism.Less
This book compares the freedoms and protections of members of the United States Congress with those of Britain's Parliament. Placing legislative privilege in historical context, the book 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, the book illuminates a variety of important constitutional issues, including the separation of powers, the nature of representation, and the difference between written and unwritten constitutionalism.
B. R. Nanda
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- October 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195663433
- eISBN:
- 9780199081424
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195663433.003.0019
- Subject:
- History, Indian History
This chapter describes what Jamnalal’s life was like with Gandhi during the 1930s. It starts by discussing question of contesting elections and the formation of popular ministries under the Act of ...
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This chapter describes what Jamnalal’s life was like with Gandhi during the 1930s. It starts by discussing question of contesting elections and the formation of popular ministries under the Act of 1935. It then identifies two items in the legislative programme of the ministries in Congress that were inspired by Gandhi, namely, education and prohibition. It reveals that Gandhi’s ideas on education were obtained from personal observation, while his ideas on prohibition came from observing the peasants who spent their wages on alcohol instead of on milk for their children. It then looks at Gandhi’s observation that the constructive work in Indian villages was less popular than political affairs. It also describes the unofficial headquarters of the Indian National Congress in Wardha, which was constantly visited by national leaders and even press correspondents.Less
This chapter describes what Jamnalal’s life was like with Gandhi during the 1930s. It starts by discussing question of contesting elections and the formation of popular ministries under the Act of 1935. It then identifies two items in the legislative programme of the ministries in Congress that were inspired by Gandhi, namely, education and prohibition. It reveals that Gandhi’s ideas on education were obtained from personal observation, while his ideas on prohibition came from observing the peasants who spent their wages on alcohol instead of on milk for their children. It then looks at Gandhi’s observation that the constructive work in Indian villages was less popular than political affairs. It also describes the unofficial headquarters of the Indian National Congress in Wardha, which was constantly visited by national leaders and even press correspondents.
