TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chafetz,Joshua A.
TI  - Democracy's privileged few: legislative privilege and democratic norms in the British and American constitutions 
SN  - 9780300134896 (electronic bk.)
AV  - K3324 .C47 2007eb
U1  - 328.41/074 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - Privileges and immunities
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Parliament
KW  - Großbritannien / Parlament
KW  - swd
KW  - USA / Kongress
KW  - Verfassung <1787>
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Government
KW  - Legislative Branch
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Grondwetten
KW  - gtt
KW  - Parlementsleden
KW  - Bevoegdheden
KW  - Bescherming
KW  - Immunität <Recht>
KW  - Abgeordneter
KW  - Verfassungsrecht
KW  - Privileg
KW  - Verenigde Staten
KW  - Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
KW  - USA
KW  - Großbritannien
KW  - სამართალი--
KW  - საკონსტიტუციო სამართალი
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-294) and index; Lex parliamenti vs. lex terrae -- Political questions and nonjusticiability -- Free speech in Parliament -- Free speech in Congress -- Freedom from civil arrest and legal process for members of Parliament -- Freedom from civil arrest for members of Congress -- Disputed parliamentary elections -- Disputed congressional elections -- Breach of privilege and contempt of Parliament -- Punishment by Congress
N2  - 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 analysing 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
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