Paul Evans is Clerk of Committees in the House of Commons in Westminster.

... of interest to all parliamentary historians, those specialising in legislative studies, and to anyone wanting to understand the Westminster parliament ... scholarly and deeply informative ... a significant contribution to parliamentary history.

• Introduction: The Growth of Many Centuries Paul EvansPart I: The Man and his Milieu1. A Sycophant of Real Ability: The Career of Thomas Erskine May William McKay2. Slumber and Success: The House of Commons Library after May Oonagh Gay3. Magi or Mandarins?: Contemporary Clerkly Culture Emma CrewePart II: The Book4. Persuading the House: The Use of the Commons Journals as a Source of Precedent Martyn Atkins5. Manuals before May: From the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth Century David Natzler6. Parliamentary Law in the Eighteenth Century: From Commonplace to TreatisePaul Seaward7. From Manual to Authority: The Life and Times of the Treatise Paul Evans and Andrej Ninkovic8. Controversy at the Antipodes (and Elsewhere): The International Cousins of the Treatise David Natzler, David Bagnall, Jean-Phillipe Brochu and Peter FowlerPart III: Procedural Development9. The Principle of Progress: May and Procedural Reform William McKay10. May on Money: Supply Proceedings and the Functions of a Legislature Colin Lee11. A History of the Standing Orders Simon Patrick12. Pursuing the Efficient Despatch of Business: The Role of Committees in Procedural Reform since 1900 Mark Egan13. Finding Time: Legislative Procedure since May Jacqy Sharpe and Paul EvansPart IV: Select Committees14. Where Did It All Go Right: Developments in Select Committees, 1913–1960 Mark Hutton15. A Road not Taken: Select Committees and the Estimates, 1880–1904 Colin LeePart V: The Lex Parliamentaria Revisited16. Privilege: The Unfolding Debate with the Courts Eve Samson17. Is the Lex Parliamentaria Really Law?: The House of Commons as a Legal System David Howarth

Paul Evans is Clerk of Committees in the House of Commons in Westminster.

... of interest to all parliamentary historians, those specialising in legislative studies, and to anyone wanting to understand the Westminster parliament ... scholarly and deeply informative ... a significant contribution to parliamentary history.

• Introduction: The Growth of Many Centuries Paul EvansPart I: The Man and his Milieu1. A Sycophant of Real Ability: The Career of Thomas Erskine May William McKay2. Slumber and Success: The House of Commons Library after May Oonagh Gay3. Magi or Mandarins?: Contemporary Clerkly Culture Emma CrewePart II: The Book4. Persuading the House: The Use of the Commons Journals as a Source of Precedent Martyn Atkins5. Manuals before May: From the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth Century David Natzler6. Parliamentary Law in the Eighteenth Century: From Commonplace to TreatisePaul Seaward7. From Manual to Authority: The Life and Times of the Treatise Paul Evans and Andrej Ninkovic8. Controversy at the Antipodes (and Elsewhere): The International Cousins of the Treatise David Natzler, David Bagnall, Jean-Phillipe Brochu and Peter FowlerPart III: Procedural Development9. The Principle of Progress: May and Procedural Reform William McKay10. May on Money: Supply Proceedings and the Functions of a Legislature Colin Lee11. A History of the Standing Orders Simon Patrick12. Pursuing the Efficient Despatch of Business: The Role of Committees in Procedural Reform since 1900 Mark Egan13. Finding Time: Legislative Procedure since May Jacqy Sharpe and Paul EvansPart IV: Select Committees14. Where Did It All Go Right: Developments in Select Committees, 1913–1960 Mark Hutton15. A Road not Taken: Select Committees and the Estimates, 1880–1904 Colin LeePart V: The Lex Parliamentaria Revisited16. Privilege: The Unfolding Debate with the Courts Eve Samson17. Is the Lex Parliamentaria Really Law?: The House of Commons as a Legal System David Howarth

Paul Evans is Clerk of Committees in the House of Commons in Westminster.

... of interest to all parliamentary historians, those specialising in legislative studies, and to anyone wanting to understand the Westminster parliament ... scholarly and deeply informative ... a significant contribution to parliamentary history.

• Introduction: The Growth of Many Centuries Paul EvansPart I: The Man and his Milieu1. A Sycophant of Real Ability: The Career of Thomas Erskine May William McKay2. Slumber and Success: The House of Commons Library after May Oonagh Gay3. Magi or Mandarins?: Contemporary Clerkly Culture Emma CrewePart II: The Book4. Persuading the House: The Use of the Commons Journals as a Source of Precedent Martyn Atkins5. Manuals before May: From the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth Century David Natzler6. Parliamentary Law in the Eighteenth Century: From Commonplace to TreatisePaul Seaward7. From Manual to Authority: The Life and Times of the Treatise Paul Evans and Andrej Ninkovic8. Controversy at the Antipodes (and Elsewhere): The International Cousins of the Treatise David Natzler, David Bagnall, Jean-Phillipe Brochu and Peter FowlerPart III: Procedural Development9. The Principle of Progress: May and Procedural Reform William McKay10. May on Money: Supply Proceedings and the Functions of a Legislature Colin Lee11. A History of the Standing Orders Simon Patrick12. Pursuing the Efficient Despatch of Business: The Role of Committees in Procedural Reform since 1900 Mark Egan13. Finding Time: Legislative Procedure since May Jacqy Sharpe and Paul EvansPart IV: Select Committees14. Where Did It All Go Right: Developments in Select Committees, 1913–1960 Mark Hutton15. A Road not Taken: Select Committees and the Estimates, 1880–1904 Colin LeePart V: The Lex Parliamentaria Revisited16. Privilege: The Unfolding Debate with the Courts Eve Samson17. Is the Lex Parliamentaria Really Law?: The House of Commons as a Legal System David Howarth