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Author Bateman, Will, 1985- author.

Title Public finance and parliamentary constitutionalism / Will Bateman, Australian National University, Canberra
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white)
Contents Finance and constitutionalism -- History (I) : parliament and executive -- History (II): judiciary -- History (III) : exporting parliamentary public finance -- History (IV) : public finance in the modern state -- Fiscal authority -- Debt and monetary authority -- Judicial power -- Descriptive failure of parliamentary control -- Theory and practice of financial self-rule
Summary "The book surveys the history of public finance law in the UK, its export throughout the British Empire, and its entrenchment in Commonwealth constitutions. It explains how modern constitutionalism was shaped by the financial impact of warfare, welfare-state programs and the growth of central banking. It then provides a case study analysis of the impact of economic condition on governments' financial behaviour, focusing on the UK's and Australia's responses to the financial crisis, and the judiciary's position vis-à-vis the state's financial powers. Throughout, it questions orthodox accounts of financial constitutionalism (particularly the views of A.V. Dicey) and the democratic legitimacy of public finance. Currently ignored aspects of government behaviour are analysed in-depth, particularly the constitutional role of central banks and sovereign debt markets"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Finance, Public -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History
Constitutiona law -- Great Britain
Constitutional law -- Commonwealth countries
Parliamentary practice -- Great Britain
Parliamentary practice -- Commonwealth countries
Debts, Public -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- History
Constitutional law
Debts, Public -- Law and legislation
Finance, Public -- Law and legislation
Parliamentary practice
Commonwealth countries
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781108805087
1108805086