Midlands State University Library

Parliament /

Jennings, Sir Ivon

Parliament / created by Sir Ivor Jennings - second edition - xii, 574 pages 22 cm

Includes index

1. Authority transcendent and absolute; 2. Honourable members; 3. Parties and officials; 4. The framework of oratory; 5. The art of management; 6. The technique of opposition; 7. Who makes the laws?; 8. The process of legislation; 9. Financial control; 10. Nationalised industries; 11. Private members; 12. The House of Lords; 13. Private bill legislation; 14. Delegated legislation; 15. Parliamentary democracy

First published in 1939 Parliament sought to analyse the parliamentary institutions of the United Kingdom as pieces of constitutional machinery. This reprint is from the revised version of the book.


Politics and government



JN550 JEN