Democracy's privileged few [electronic resource] : legislative privilege and democratic norms in the British and American constitutions / Josh Chafetz.
Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.Description: x, 307 pISBN:- 0300113250 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780300113259 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 328.41/074 22
- K3324 .C47 2007eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-294) and index.
Lex parliamenti vs. lex terrae -- Political questions and nonjusticiability -- Free speech in Parliament -- Free speech in Congress -- Freedom from civil arrest and legal process for members of Parliament -- Freedom from civil arrest for members of Congress -- Disputed parliamentary elections -- Disputed congressional elections -- Breach of privilege and contempt of Parliament -- Punishment by Congress.
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