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Legislative Committee Systems: A Design Perspective, Chase Stoddard Oct 2018

Legislative Committee Systems: A Design Perspective, Chase Stoddard

Indiana Journal of Constitutional Design

Committees are the defining characteristic of the modern legislature. While the centrality and study of party politics goes back further than committee politics, the focus on committee systems emerged over the course of the twentieth century, and legislatures could not function as we understand them without this mechanism. The United States Congressional committee system is the most studied system, yet virtually every country utilizes a committee system of some sort within its legislature. Despite their ubiquity in and centrality to the operations of legislatures, committees remain insufficiently studied, especially outside of the United States. The existing body of work tends …


Metaphor And Imagination In James Wilson's Theory Of Federal Union, Stephen A. Conrad Jan 1988

Metaphor And Imagination In James Wilson's Theory Of Federal Union, Stephen A. Conrad

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Book Review. Was Justice Done? The Rosenberg-Sobell Case By Malcolm P. Sharp, W. Howard Mann Jan 1958

Book Review. Was Justice Done? The Rosenberg-Sobell Case By Malcolm P. Sharp, W. Howard Mann

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Reason And Reality In Jurisprudence, Jerome Hall Jan 1958

Reason And Reality In Jurisprudence, Jerome Hall

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Book Review. Cairns, H., The Theory Of Legal Science, Jerome Hall Jan 1942

Book Review. Cairns, H., The Theory Of Legal Science, Jerome Hall

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