Prest, John M. <br/><br/>
Liberty and locality  parliament, permissive legislation and ratepayers' democracies in the nineteenth century /  [electronic resource] : 
John Prest. 
 - Oxford :  Clarendon,  1990. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 235 p.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> A study of local government and permissive legislation in 19th-century Britain. It argues that permissive legislation facilitated local initiative and debate, and that local initiatives were often more effective than national legislation. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780191675003 (ebook) :  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Great Britain. Parliament --History--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Decentralization in government--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Local government--History--Great Britain--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JS3137 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.80941