British and American Foundings of Parliamentary Science, 1774–1801

AvPeter J. Aschenbrenner

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Del i serien International Relations and the European Atlantic World, 1660-1830

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Upon declaring independence from Britain in July 1776, the United States Congress urgently needed to establish its credentials as a legitimate government that could credibly challenge the claims of the British Crown. In large measure this legitimacy rested upon setting in place the procedural and legal structures upon which all claims of governmental authority rest. In this book, Aschenbrenner explores the ways in which the nascent United States rapidly built up a system of parliamentary procedure that borrowed heavily from the British government it sought to replace. In particular, he looks at how, over the course of twenty-five years, Thomas Jefferson drew upon the writings of the Chief Clerk of the British Parliament, John Hatsell, to frame and codify American parliamentary procedures. Published in 1801, Jefferson’s Manual of Parliamentary Practice for the Use of the Senate of the United States presents rules, instances, citations and commentary as modern readers would expect them to appear, quoting Hatsell and other British authorities numerous times. If the two nations suffered any unpleasant relations in the First War for American Independence - Aschenbrenner concludes - one would be hard pressed to detect it from Jefferson’s Manual. Indeed, direct comparison of the House of Commons and the Continental Congress shows remarkable similarities between the ambitions of the two institutions as they both struggled to adapt their political processes to meet the changing national and international circumstances of the late-eighteenth century.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-12-12
Mått:156 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt:453 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:International Relations and the European Atlantic World, 1660-1830
Antal sidor:180
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367881528

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Peter J. Aschenbrenner holds a research appointment at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana in the Department of History as an adjunct professor.

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Introduction: "A Manufacturer Making the Tools He Was to Work With" 1. "Orders Indispensably Necessary" 2. "This John Milton Deserves Hanging" 3. "The Eternal Rules of Justice and Reason Ought to Be a Law" 4. "I Have Begun a Sketch" 5. "The Average Price of Peace and War" 6. "The Tactics of Political Assemblies Form the Science" 7. "Each One in This Beautiful Political Order"

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