| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference |
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Yale Law Library series in legal history and reference.
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| Contents |
The old regime : lawful bargaining for public services -- Bargaining outlawed -- A regulatory nightmare : salaries as a remedy for corrupt exchange and official lucre -- A government capable of saying "no" : salaries as a reaction against customer service -- State and local taxation : the tax ferrets -- Federal taxation : the moiety men -- Criminal prosecution : cash for convictions -- Incarceration : jailors' fees and penitentiary profits -- Naval warfare : prize money and blood money -- Epilogue : American state-building and the critique of bureaucracy |
| Summary |
In America today, a public official's lawful income consists of a salary. But until a century ago, the law frequently authorized officials to make money on a profit-seeking basis. Prosecutors won a fee for each defendatn convicted. Tax collectors received a cut of each evasion incovered. Naval officers took a reward for each ship sunk. The list goes on. This book documents the American government's 'for profit' past, to discover how profit-seeking defined officials' relationshp to the citizenry and to explain how lawmakers - by banishing the profit motive in favour of the salary - transformed that relationship forever |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Fees, Administrative -- United States -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
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Employees -- Salaries, etc.
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Fees, Administrative
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Officials and employees -- Salaries, etc. -- History
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0300187300 |
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9780300187304 |
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1299975550 |
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9781299975552 |
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