Michael Koß is Professor of Comparative Politics at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. His publications include The Politics of Party Funding (OUP, 2011), Left Parties in National Governments (co-edited with Jonathan Olsen and Dan Hough, Palgrave, 2010), and The Left Party in Contemporary German Politics (co-authored wtih Dan Hough and Jonathan Olsen, Palgrave, 2007).

Michael Koß has written a highly interesting and, despite all historical meticulousness oppressively timely book.

• 1: Introduction: Legislators in the Steel-Hard Casing 2: The Analysis of Talking and Working Legislatures 3: A Dynamic Partisan Perspective on Procedural Reform 4: Procedural Reforms and Their Context 5: (Non-)Departures From the Legislative State of Nature, 1866-1917 6: Pathways to Path-Dependence, 1918-90 7: Adaptations, 1991-2015 8: Conclusion: Maintaining Legislative Democracy Appendices

Michael Koß is Professor of Comparative Politics at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute of Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. His publications include The Politics of Party Funding (OUP, 2011), Left Parties in National Governments (co-edited with Jonathan Olsen and Dan Hough, Palgrave, 2010), and The Left Party in Contemporary German Politics (co-authored wtih Dan Hough and Jonathan Olsen, Palgrave, 2007).

Michael Koß has written a highly interesting and, despite all historical meticulousness oppressively timely book.

• 1: Introduction: Legislators in the Steel-Hard Casing 2: The Analysis of Talking and Working Legislatures 3: A Dynamic Partisan Perspective on Procedural Reform 4: Procedural Reforms and Their Context 5: (Non-)Departures From the Legislative State of Nature, 1866-1917 6: Pathways to Path-Dependence, 1918-90 7: Adaptations, 1991-2015 8: Conclusion: Maintaining Legislative Democracy Appendices