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"Parliament: A Survey", 1947 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/57

Scope and Contents

Includes: correspondence with Sir Gilbert Campion [Clerk of the House of Commons] regarding publication; details of the agreement between LSA and Allen and Unwin, publishers; typescripts of lectures 'The Nature of British Parliamentary Government' and 'The Nature of the Constitution', including a copy of the latter annotated by Sir David Keir, Master of Balliol College, University of Oxford; papers circulated for the University of London Study Group on Parliamentary Government including 'Delegated Legislation' by Sir Cecil Carr, 'The Committee System of the American Congress and the Parliament of the (Third) French Republic' by Professor Sir Denis Brogan and 'Defects in the Procedures and machinery of the House of Commons' by Sir Gilbert Campion.

Also includes: memoranda of the disadvantages of British Parliamentary Government and the dangers inherent in the British Parliamentary system by individuals including; George Young, Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford; John Petrov Plamenatz, Fellow of All Souls College; Professor Sir Dennis Brogan; LSA [?].

Dates

  • Creation: 1947 - 1953

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 192

Finding aid date

2004-12-15 10:13:55.950000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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