Democracys Privileged Few by Josh Chafetz

Democracys Privileged Few by Josh Chafetz

Compares the freedoms and protections of members of the United States Congress with those of Britain's Parliament. In analysing the story of how parliamentary government emerged in Britain and how it crossed the Atlantic, this book illuminates a variety of constitutional issues, including the separation of powers, and the nature of representation.

"Josh Chafetz manages to combine scholarly care with an almost journalistic ability to write in an accessible fashion"—Nick Barber, Oxford University 

-- Nick Barber

"A very distinguished work. Chafetz is beautifully clear and deals with an interesting problem concerning parliamentary government in Britain and America in a comparative manner. I do not know of any work which covers the ground in a similar way."—Vernon Bogdanor, Oxford University 

-- Vernon Bogdanor

"This book heralds the arrival of an important new scholar in the fields of comparative constitutional law and legal history. Fitting a broad range of institutional details into a comprehensive and subtle theoretical framework, Chafetz shows how Congressional privileges in America and Parliamentary privileges in England sprang from common origins but then evolved along separate paths as a result of basic differences in the political ecosystems. An excellent chronicle of the evolution of legislative privileges from the parliamentary supremacy of England to the popular sovereignty in kingless America."—Akhil Amar, Yale Law School

-- Akhil Amar

“A thorough and well-researched treatment of an important and neglected topic. Chafetz’s historical overview on legislative privilege deserves to become a well-known point of reference.”—Adrian Vermeule, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

 

 

-- Adrian Vermeule

Josh Chafetz is a student at Yale Law School where he is an editor for the Yale Law & Policy Review and the Yale Law Journal. He received his doctorate in politics from Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He has written for the New York Times Book Review, New Republic, Commentary, Weekly Standard, and other journals. He lives in New Haven.

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ISBN 13	9780300113259
ISBN 10	0300113250
Title	Democracys Privileged Few
Author	Josh Chafetz
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Yale University Press
Year published	2007-02-28
Number of pages	320
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